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Offline Mike C2

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Postal Lead with two figures and legend for ID
« on: January 16, 2017, 11:08:24 am »
Dear Board;
I appreciate all help to ID this postal lead with two figures and 3 lines legend:Pb 15mm-3,5g
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Re: Postal Lead with two figures and legend for ID
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2017, 04:48:33 pm »
Legend seems to read

ΦΛA
VEIA
NOC

Greek 'Phlaueianos', which must be a transliteration of Flavianus. This is a weird little seal. The form and fabric looks to be Byzantine, but not much else does. The name is Latin, and it is in the nominative case when seal legends in late-antiquity virtually always use a genitive ('Phlaueianou'). Also, the obv. iconography is not something I have seen before. Normally, two portraits facing each other like these would depict a married couple, of which there are tons of examples known in late-Roman times, but both busts seem to be male. They seem to be two citizens, as they lack the laurel wreath or nimbus that would make them emperor or saint.  The seal does seem ancient to me, as far as I can tell from the photo, and I would tentatively date it to the 5th to early 6th century.
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Re: Postal Lead with two figures and legend for ID
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2017, 01:28:45 am »
Great Thanks Gert  +++ for your very valuable help
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