Details
LOT 4171
Byzantine Lead Seal. Circa 5th-8th century AD.
XЄ BOHΘI LEO OLIDI(sic) [Christ, help Leon(?)] in three lines / Blank. Condition as seen.(11.88gr, 14mm x 16mm.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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