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JAMES IV OF SCOTLAND
James IV was the King of Scotland from June 1488 until his death in battle at the age of 40 on the 9th September, 1513.
James IV's mother, Margaret of Denmark, was more popular than his father, James III, and though somewhat estranged from her husband she raised their sons at Stirling Castle until she died in 1486. Two years later, a rebellion broke out, where the rebels set up the 15-year-old Prince James as their nominal leader. The rebels fought James III at the Battle of Sauchieburn where, on 11th June 1488, the king was killed. Prince James assumed the throne as James IV and was crowned at Scone on 24th of June. However he continued to bear an intense guilt for the indirect role which he had played in the death of his father.
James maintained Scotland's traditional good relations with France, and this occasionally created diplomatic problems with England, but James recognised nonetheless that peace between Scotland and England was in the interest of both countries, and established good diplomatic relations with England as well. First he ratified the Treaty of Ayton in 1497, then, in 1502 James signed the Treaty of Perpetual Peace with Henry VII which was sealed by his marriage to Henry's daughter Margaret Tudor the next year. Anglo-Scottish relations generally remained stable until the death of Henry VII in 1509.
James saw the importance of building a fleet that could provide Scotland with a strong maritime presence, he founded two new dockyards and acquired a total of 38 ships for the Royal Scots Navy. These including the "Great Michael" which, built at great expense, was launched in 1511 and was at that time the largest ship in the world.
When war broke out between England and France, James found himself in a difficult position as an ally by treaty to both countries. But relations with England had worsened since the accession of Henry VIII, and when Henry invaded France, James reacted by declaring war on England.
James sent the Scottish navy, including the "Great Michael", to join the ships of Louis XII of France and, hoping to take advantage of Henry's absence at the siege of Thérouanne, he himself led an invading army southward into Northumberland. However, on 9th September 1513 at the disastrous Battle of Flodden James IV was killed, he was the last monarch in Great Britain to be killed in battle. His death, along with many of his nobles including his son the archbishop of St Andrews, was one of the worst military defeats in Scotland's history and the loss of such a large portion of the political community was a major blow to the realm. James IV's corpse was identified after the battle and taken to Berwick, where it was embalmed and placed in a lead coffin before being transported to London. Catherine of Aragon, wife of Henry VIII, sent the dead king's slashed, blood-stained surcoat to Henry, who was fighting in France, with the recommendation that he use it as a war banner.
James IV's son, James V, was crowned three weeks after the disaster at Flodden, but he was not yet two years old, and his minority was to be fraught with political upheaval.*Alex
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THOMAS ROTHERHAM, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
Thomas Rotherham, also known as Thomas (Scot) de Rotherham, was an English cleric and statesman. He served as bishop of several dioceses, most notably as Archbishop of York and, on two occasions as Lord Chancellor. Rotherham was educated at King's College, Cambridge, he graduated as a Bachelor of Divinity and became a Fellow of his college where he lectured on Grammar, Theology, and Philosophy. After his ordination as a priest, he became a prebendary of Lincoln in 1462 and then of Salisbury in 1465. He moved on to powerful positions in the Church, being appointed as Bishop of Rochester in 1468, Bishop of Lincoln in 1472, and then Archbishop of York in 1480, a position he held until his death in 1500.
In 1467, King Edward IV appointed Rotherham as Keeper of the Privy Seal. He was sent as ambassador to France in 1468 and as joint ambassador to Burgundy in 1471, and in 1475 was entrusted with the office of Lord Chancellor. When Edward IV died in April 1483, Rotherham was one of the celebrants of the funeral mass on 20th April 1483 and immediately after Edward's death he sided with the dowager queen, Elizabeth Woodville, in her attempt to deprive Richard, Duke of Gloucester of his role as Lord Protector of her son, the new King Edward V. When Elizabeth sought sanctuary after Richard had taken charge of the king, Rotherham released the Great Seal to her (though he later recovered it and handed it over to Thomas Bourchier, the Archbishop of Canterbury).
Rotherham's mishandling of the seal was perceived as indicative of questionable loyalty and led to his dismissal as Lord Chancellor. He was replaced by John Russell, who earlier had also been his successor as Bishop of Lincoln. On 13th June 1483, Rotherham was charged with being involved in a conspiracy between Lord Hastings and the Woodvilles against Richard and imprisoned in the Tower of London, but he was released a few weeks later, around the middle of July, after Richard's coronation as King Richard III. Rotherham was re-instated as Chancellor in 1485, however he was dismissed shortly afterwards by Henry VII and retired from public work.
Rotherham died of the plague in Cawood near York on 29th May 1500. His remains were transferred to a magnificent marble tomb in York Minster in 1506.*Alex
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Louis XIV (1643 – 1715), AE Jeton struck c.1650Obverse: LVD•XIIII•D•G•FR•ET•NAV•REX. Laureate and draped youthful bust of Louis XIV facing right.
Reverse: IVSTIS•SPES•PACIS•IN ARMIS. Pax, helmeted, seated on a pile of arms, holding an olive branch in her outstretched right hand and a narrow cornucopia in her left.
Dimensions: 27.94mm | Weight: 6.8gms | Die Axis: 12
Ref. Feuardent: 12482 var.
Struck at unverified mint, probably Monnaie de Louvre, Paris, France
Die engraver: Jean Varin
Jean Varin (6 February 1604 Liège – 26 August 1672 Paris) was a French sculptor and engraver who made important innovations in the process of minting coins. He moved to Paris in 1625 or 1626 where, after demonstrating his talent as an engraver, he obtained the support of Cardinal Richelieu and in 1629 he was assigned as a “Conducteur de la Monnaie du Moulin”. In 1647 he was appointed head of the French mint, and became “engraver of the king's seal” and a member of the Academy of painting and sculpture. Varin brought back the use of the screw press in the mint, initially using it to produce a gold coin, the Louis d'or, which featured his youthful portrait of the King which is similar to that on this jeton.
This jeton, likely struck between 1650 and 1653, commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Münster between France and the Holy Roman Empire on 15 May 1648 which ended the Thirty Years War. France, to the detriment of the Holy Roman Empire, retained control of the bishoprics of Metz, Toul and Verdun near Lorraine as well as receiving the city of Pignerol near the Spanish Duchy of Milan and the cities of the Décapole in Alsace, excluding Strasbourg.
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Yuan DynastyYuan Rebel Zhang Shicheng
1354 - 1367 CE
Obverse: Tian You Tong Bao
Reverse: Er(2) in seal scriptPericles J2
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IONIA, Ephesos
PB Tessera (19mm, 4.90 g)
Togate figure standing left, sacrificing at altar before tholos containing cult statue
Blank
Gülbay & Kireç -; Hirsch 279, lot 4922
The engraver of this die betrays no small skill in his execution of the obverse type; the circular shrine is shown in perspective, with the columns arranged so as to suggest distance while still leaving room for the statue to be visible. I was surprised to find that another specimen of this type from different, though equally elegant dies had recently sold in a Hirsch auction, there misidentified as a “bleiplombe,” or lead seal.
Ardatirion
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BYZANTINE. Basileos. Circa 1080-1180
PB Seal (16mm, 5.15 g, 12h)
CΦPA/ ΓIC ΠЄ/ ΦVKA
TωN/ ΛOΓωN/ RACIΛ
Münz Zentrum 161 (11 January 2012), lot 841, otherwise unpublished
Ex Classical Numismatic Group E267, lot 685 (part of)Ardatirion
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EGYPT, Uncertain
PB Seal (?) (21mm, 4.19g)
Dated year 3 of an uncertain era.
ANTWNINOV[KAITOVNY]
Hermes standing facing, nude, head left, disk or globe in right, caduceus in left; ibis at his feet; LΙΓ in left field
Traces of attached metal
Milne , “Egyptian Leaden Tokens” in NC 1930, p. 310 note 3; Milne -; Dattari (Savio) 6413; Köln -
With an old Galiere Antiker Kunst ticket.
Milne does not regard this piece as a token. The attached metal on the reverse is characteristic of certain types of lead seals.Ardatirion
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BYZANTINE. Baanes. Palatinos(?), circa 7th century AD
PB Seal (17mm, 5.58 g, 6 h)
Capricorn leaping right, ПAΛA below
Monogram (BAANH)
Unpublished
A palatinos was a minor clerk in the late Roman and early Byzantine period.Ardatirion
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084c. ConstantiaWife of Licinius, daughter of Constantius I and sister of Constantine I. She married Licinius in a political marriage when Constantine and Licinius were attempting to seal a truce. After Constantine and Licinius split, went to war, and Licinius was captured, she was unable (or perhaps unwilling) to prevent his execution. She later was very active in the Christian church.lawrence c
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1199 - 1216, John, AR Short cross penny, Struck 1205 - 1216 at Winchester, EnglandObverse: HENRICVS REX around central circle enclosing a crowned, draped and bearded facing bust of the king holding a sceptre tipped with a cross pommee in his right hand, bust extending to edge of flan.
Reverse: +ANDREV•ON•WI around voided short cross within circle, crosslets in each quarter. Moneyer: Andrev, cognate with the modern English name of Andrew.
Diameter: 19mm | Weight: 1.2gms | Die Axis: 4h
Class 5b
SPINK: 1351
The class four type short cross pennies of Henry II continued to be struck during the early years of John's reign, but in 1205 a recoinage was begun and new short cross pennies of better style replaced the older issues. Sixteen mints were initially employed for this recoinage but they were reduced to ten later on. All John's coins continued to bear his father's (Henry II) title of henricvs rex.
John was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. The baronial revolt at the end of John's reign led to the sealing of the first Magna Carta, a document sometimes considered an early step in the evolution of the constitution of the United Kingdom.
John, the youngest of the five sons of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, was not expected to inherit significant lands which resulted in him being given the nickname John Lackland. However, after the failed rebellion of his elder brothers between 1173 and 1174, John became Henry's favourite child. He was appointed Lord of Ireland in 1177 and given lands in England and on the continent. John's elder brothers William, Henry and Geoffrey died young and when Richard I became king in 1189, John was the potential heir to the throne. John unsuccessfully attempted a rebellion against Richard's administration whilst his brother was participating in the Third Crusade but despite this, after Richard died in 1199, John was proclaimed King of England.
Contemporary chroniclers were mostly critical of John's performance as king, and his reign has been the subject of much debate by historians from the 16th century onwards. These negative qualities have provided extensive material for fiction writers since the Victorian era, and even today John remains a recurring character within popular culture, primarily as a villain in films and stories regarding the Robin Hood legends.*Alex
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1199-1216, John, AR Penny, Struck 1207 - 1211 at Dublin, IrelandObverse: IOHANNES REX around triangle enclosing a crowned and draped facing bust of King John holding, in his right hand, a sceptre tipped with a cross pommée which extends through the side of the triangle into the legend. Quatrefoil to right of bust.
Reverse: ROBERD ON DIVE around triangle containing sun over crescent moon and a star in each angle. Cross pattée at apex of each point of the triangle and above legend on each of the three sides. Moneyer: Roberd, cognate with the modern English name of Robin.
Diameter: 18mm | Weight: 1.2gms | Die Axis: 4h
SPINK: 6228
Third issue "REX" coinage. This was the only coinage struck by King John in his own name.
John was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. The baronial revolt at the end of John's reign led to the sealing of the first Magna Carta, a document sometimes considered an early step in the evolution of the constitution of the United Kingdom.
John, the youngest of the five sons of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, was not expected to inherit significant lands which resulted in him being given the nickname John Lackland. However, after the failed rebellion of his elder brothers between 1173 and 1174, John became Henry's favourite child. He was appointed Lord of Ireland in 1177 and given lands in England and on the continent. John's elder brothers William, Henry and Geoffrey died young and when Richard I became king in 1189, John was the potential heir to the throne. John unsuccessfully attempted a rebellion against Richard's administration whilst his brother was participating in the Third Crusade but despite this, after Richard died in 1199, John was proclaimed King of England.
King John contracted dysentery at Lynn in 1216 but, just before his death, he managed to dictate a brief will. This will still survives and as part of it John requested: "I will that my body be buried in the church of St. Mary and St. Wulfstan of Worcester".
Some of King John's favourite hunting grounds were in Worcester, at Kinver and Feckenham, and he had a special affection for Saint Wulfstan, one of the two great Anglo-Saxon saints whose shrines and tombs were also at Worcester. Both Saint Wulfstan and Saint Oswald can be seen in miniature beside the head of the effigy of King John on his tomb.
Medieval effigies usually show the subject in the prime of life, however the effigy on King John's tomb is unique in that not only is it a life-like image of him, it is also the oldest royal effigy in England.
King John's tomb has been opened twice, once in 1529 and again in 1797. At the first opening it was said that John's head was covered with a monk's cowl, however it is now thought that this was probably his coronation cap. When the tomb was opened for the second time the antiquarians responsible discovered that a robe of crimson damask had originally covered the king's body but, by 1797, most of the embroidery had deteriorated. They also found the remains of a sword which lay down the left side of the body along with parts of its scabbard.
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1216 - 1272, Henry III, AR Penny, Struck 1248 - 1250 at London, England (Long Cross Issue)Obverse: HENRICVS REX : III. Crowned bust of Henry III facing within circle of pellets. Mintmark: Six pointed star.
Reverse: NICOLE ON LVND. Voided long cross dividing legend into quarters, trefoil in each quarter of inner circle. Moneyer: Nicole, cognate with the modern English name of Nicholas. The surname Nicole originates in the Netherlands where it was notable for its various branches, and associated status or influence. The modern given name Nicole is a French feminine derivative of the masculine given name Nicolas.
Diameter: 19mm | Weight: 1.3gms | Die Axis: 6h
SPINK: 1363
HENRY III OF ENGLAND
The First Barons' War (1215 - 1217) was a civil war in England in which a group of rebellious barons led by Robert Fitzwalter and supported by a French army under the future Louis VIII of France, waged war against King John of England. The war resulted from King John's refusal to accept and abide by the Magna Carta, which he had been forced to put his seal to on 15th June 1215, as well as from Louis' own ambitions regarding the English throne.
It was in the middle of this war that King John died leaving his son, the nine year old Henry III (who had been moved to safety at Corfe Castle in Dorset along with his mother, Queen Isabella) as his heir.
On his deathbed John appointed a council of thirteen executors to help Henry reclaim the kingdom, requesting that his son be placed into the guardianship of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke. The loyalists decided to crown Henry immediately to reinforce his claim to the throne. William knighted the boy, and Cardinal Guala Bicchieri, the papal legate to England, then oversaw his coronation at Gloucester Cathedral on 28th October 1216. In the absence of the archbishops of either Canterbury or York, Henry was anointed by the bishops of Worcester and Exeter, and crowned by Peter des Roches, bishop of Winchester. During the civil war the royal crown had been lost, so instead, the ceremony used a simple gold corolla belonging to Queen Isabella. In 1217, Henry's forces, led by William Marshal, finally defeated the rebels at the battles of Lincoln and Sandwich.
Henry's early rule was dominated first by Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent and Justiciar of England and Ireland, then by Peter des Roches, and they re-established royal authority after the war. In 1225 Henry promised to abide by the final and definitative version of the Magna Carta, freely authenticated by the great seal of Henry III himself, which protected the rights of the major barons and placed a limit on royal power. It is the clauses of this, the 1225 Magna Carta signed by Henry III, not the King John Magna Carta of 1215, which are on the Statute Books of the United Kingdom today.*Alex
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1413 - 1422, Henry V, AR Penny struck at York, EnglandObverse: + HENRICVS REX ANGLIE. Crowned facing bust of Henry V, mullet (left) and trefoil (right) at each side of crown, all within circle of pellets. Pierced cross in legend.
Reverse: CIVITAS ‡ EBORACI. Long cross pattée dividing legend around inner circle of pellets into quarters, trefoil in each quarter of circle, incuse quatrefoil in centre of cross.
York, Class F (Local dies)
Diameter: 18mm | Weight: 0.8gms | Die Axis: 10h
SPINK: 1788
HENRY V
Henry V was King of England from 1413 until his sudden death on 31st August 1422. He is thought to have died from dysentery contracted during the siege of Meaux in France. He was 36 years old and had reigned for nine years. He was the second English monarch of the House of Lancaster.
During the reign of his father, King Henry IV, Henry had acquired an increasing share in England's government due to his father's declining health. After his father's death in 1413, Henry assumed control of the country and asserted the pending English claim to the French throne.
In 1415, Henry embarked on war with France in the ongoing Hundred Years' War between the two countries. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes, most notably in his famous victory at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, made England one of the strongest military powers in Europe.
In 1420, after months of negotiation with Charles VI of France, the Treaty of Troyes was signed recognising Henry V as regent and heir apparent to the French throne. To seal the pact Henry married Charles' daughter, Catherine of Valois. Henry's sudden death however, prevented the prospect of the English King taking the French throne from ever taking place.
Immortalised in the plays of Shakespeare, Henry V is known and celebrated as one of the great warrior kings of medieval England.
CLICK ON IMAGE BELOW TO ENLARGE IT
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1649 - 1660, THE COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND, AR Half-groat, Struck 1651 - 1653 at London, EnglandObverse: No legend. Shield bearing the Cross of Saint George between palm branch to left and laurel branch to right.
Reverse: • II • above two conjoined shields side by side, that on the left bearing the Cross of Saint George, that on the right bearing the Harp of Ireland.
Diameter: 17mm | Weight: 0.9gms | Die Axis: 11h
SPINK: 3221
This particular coin denomination is undated, but it has been suggested that the coin above can probably be attributed to the first coinage period (1651 - 1653) on stylistic grounds.
CLICK ON IMAGES BELOW TO ENLARGE AND FOR INFO ON COMMONWEALTH COINAGE
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1793 AE Halfpenny Token. Leek, Staffordshire.Obverse: ARTE FAVENTE NIL DESPERANDUM. Two clasped hands with olive branch behind and rosette below.
Reverse: LEEK COMMERCIAL HALFPENNY • 1793. Caduceus leaning against a large wool bale and a tea chest.
Edge: “PAYABLE AT LEEK • STAFFORDSHIRE + +".
Diameter: 29mm | Axis: 12
Dalton & Hamer: 11
This token was probably issued by Messrs Ford and Phillips, about whom little is known, it was manufactured by Peter Kempson and the dies were engraved by Allan Wyon. Allan Wyon was a member of the “Wyon” family of medallists and die engravers, and was the youngest of three brothers to succeed their father as chief engraver of the seals.
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1809 - 1810 "MERCURY" Undated AE Halfpenny, Walthamstow, Essex.Obverse: No legend. Head of Mercury wearing Petasus facing left, caduceus behind.
Reverse: Britannia seated left holding olive branch and trident, a shield at her side, BCC (British Copper Company) on the ground below; all within an oak-wreath.
Edge: Plain.
Diameter: 28mm
Davis 36 | Coxall type 3
The principal die engraver was Thomas Wyon the elder (1767–1830). About 1796, Thomas went into business in Birmingham with his brother Peter as a general die-engraver. From 1800, he carried on his business from London, where he engraved many dies for tokens, and in 1816 he was appointed chief engraver of the seals. He died on 18th October, 1830.
This token was issued by the British Copper Company, a Welsh based company who, in 1808, bought the Walthamstow site beside the River Lea. Walthamstow is now a suburb of north east London.*Alex
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1813 "LION" AE Halfpenny, Walthamstow, Essex.Obverse: HALFPENNY. A lion walking left; 1813 below in exergue.
Reverse: Britannia seated facing left holding olive branch and trident, a shield at her side, small BCC below shield, all within an oak-wreath.
Edge: Plain.
Diameter: 28mm
Withers: 610
The principal die engraver for this token was Thomas Wyon the elder (1767–1830). About 1796, Thomas went into business in Birmingham with his brother Peter as a general die-engraver. From 1800, he carried on his business from London, where he engraved many dies for tokens, and in 1816 he was appointed chief engraver of the seals. He died on 18th October, 1830.
This token was issued by the British Copper Company, a Welsh based company who, in 1808, bought the Walthamstow site beside the River Lea. Walthamstow is now a suburb of north east London. *Alex
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3.01 Hungary - Ferdinand I - 1552Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, King of Hungary
1552
rev. Ferdinand's family sealEcgþeow
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501a. FaustaFausta Flavia Maxima was the daughter of the Roman Emperor Maximianus. To seal the alliance between them for control of the Tetrarchy, Maximianus married her to Constantine I in 307.
It is suspected that Fausta was fiercely anti-Christian and plotting the Roman empire's return to paganism behind her husband's back. Although the real reasons are not clear, Constantine eventually put her to death along with Crispus, his eldest son by a previous marriage to Minervina, in 326. Eusebius of Caesarea suspected step-mother and step-son to be lovers to each other.
Her sons became Roman Emperors: Constantine II reigned 337 - 340, Constantius II reigned 337 - 361, and Constans reigned 337 - 350. Variety of sources, of more or less reliability, attest that she bore daughters Constantina, Helena and Fausta. Of these, Constantina married her cousins, firstly Hannibalianus and secondly Gallus Caesar, and Helena married Emperor Julian. Apparently a genealogical claim that her daughter Fausta became mother of Emperor Valentinian I is without foundation (Valentinian I and children of Constantine I's second marriage were born in years close to each other, i.e they were of the same generation).
Fausta, wife of Constantine I. 325-326 AD. Æ Follis
OBVERSE: FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, mantled bust right
REVERSE: SPES REIP-VBLICAE, Spes standing facing, looking left, head veiled, holding two children in her arms
19mm - 3.1 grams
RIC VII Thessalonica 161 R3
Sear 3903ecoli
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AE-medal, Woman head right, Single sided,AE-medal, Woman head right, Single sided,
avers:- Woman head right,
revers:- Single sided,
exe:-/-//--, diameter: 10,5mm, weight: 0,7g, axis: h,
mint: , date: A.D., ref: ,
Q-001
quadrans
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Agrippa - Struck under CaligulaObv: M AGRIPPA L F COS III, head left wearing rostral crown
Rev: SC, Neptune standing facing, head left, naked except for cloak draped behind him & over both arms, holding small dolphin in right hand & vertical trident in left
Size: 29mm, 11.3g
Mint: Rome, struck under Caligula 37-41AD
Id: RIC 58
Notes: I picked this one up cheap, knowing it was riddled with bronze disease, so I could learn how to deal with the disease. I cleaned it, baked it, and sealed it in 2011. It seems to have stabilized nicely.ickster
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Alawi Sharifs (Morocco). Sidi Mohammed IV (1859-1873)KM C 166.1, Eustache 1250, Valentine 145
Cast Bronze, 4 fallus dated 1290 A.H. = 1873/74 A.D., Fes mint, 27 mm.
Obv: Seal of Solomon.
Rev: Mint name (Fes) and date (1290) within two circles.
Stkp
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Alawi Sharifs (Morocco). Sidi Mohammed IV (1859-1873)KM C 163.5, Eustache 1210, Valentine --
Cast Bronze, 2 fallus dated 1278 A.H. = 1861/62 A.D., Hawz (of Tetuan) mint, 5.16 g., 22 mm.
Obv: Seal of Solomon.
Rev: Mint name (Tetuan) and date (1278) within circle.
Stkp
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Alawi Sharifs (Morocco). Sidi Mohammed IV (1859-1873)KM C 166.1, Eustache __, Valentine --
Cast Bronze, 4 fallus dated 1288/7 A.H. = 1871 A.D., Fes mint, 28 mm.
Obv: Seal of Solomon.
Rev: Mint name (Fes) and date (1288/7) within two circles.
Stkp
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Alawi Sharifs (Morocco). Moulay Abd al-Rahman ibn Hisham (1822-1859)KM C 126b.6, Valentine --, Eustache __
Cast Bronze, 2 fallus dated 1272 A.H. = 1855/56 A.D., Tetouan mint, 21.87 mm. max.
Obv: Seal of Solomon.
Rev: Mint name (Tetouan) and date (1272).Stkp
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Alawi Sharifs (Morocco). Sidi Mohammed IV (1859-1873)KM C 166.1, Valentine 139
Cast Bronze, 4 fallus dated 1287 A.H. = 1870/71 A.D., Fes mint, 27 mm.
Obv: Seal of Solomon.
Rev: Mint name (Fes) and date (1271) within two circles.Stkp
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Alawi Sharifs (Morocco). Sidi Mohammed IV (1859-1873)KM C 166.2, Album 656
Cast Bronze, 4 fallus dated 1284 A.H. = 1867-1868 A.D., Fes mint, 11.95 g., 29.81 mm. max.
Obv: Seal of Solomon.
Rev: Mint name (Marrakesh) and date (1284) within two circles, bar between.Stkp
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Alexander Hamilton First Secretary of the Treasury of the United StatesObv: Bust of Hamilton facing three-quarters to left, ALEXANDER HAMILTON 1757 - 1804.
Rev: Seal of the United States Treasury with motto: THESAVRI AMERICAE SEPTENTRIONALIS SIGILLVM
Sculptor: George T. Morgan
Maker: United States Mint
Medal Issued: c. 1886 (example is a 20th Century Restrike)
Details: Bronze, 76 mm (3 inches), 0°Matt Inglima
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American Legion School AwardObv: FOR GOD & COUNTRY (the first four words of the American Legion's Constitution), a soldier and a sailor bearing arms, standing before a seascape that transitions into the French countryside, SEMPER FIDELIS in exergue.
Rev: An eagle with wings spread stands above the legend: AMERICAN LEGION / SCHOOL AWARD / COURAGE HONOR SERVICE / LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP. In the lower third of the reverse is the American Legion seal above a sunburst.
Originally, the award was given to a boy of exceptional character in the graduating class of every grammar school in the state where there were at least ten male graduates. In 1925 an award of a different design was made for girls.
Designer: Robert Tait McKenzie
Produced by the Medallic Art Company, ca. 1922 - 1950, Bronze, Diameter: 76 mm
Matt Inglima
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ANNAM - Thien HiANNAM - Thien Hi Thong Bao. 1-Van. AE unofficial issue. circa 1460-1546?? Coin is in seal script; it is a hybrid/imitation of a Song Dynastay coin. This is not listed in Hartill's "Cast Chinese Coins" or Toda's work.
The identification was gathered from information from the great folks at Zeno.dpaul7
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Anonymous lead seal, ca. 2.-3. Century A.D. LionAnonymous lead seal, ca. 2.-3. Century A.D. 18-22mm, 10.94g. Obv: lion walking left on ground line, the lion has his front paw placed upon an object, probably a bucranium, crescent and star (?) above. Ex Rutten & Wieland.
Podiceps
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ANTIQUITIES, Babylonia, Cylinder Seal, 1900 - 1700 B.C.Cylindre-Sceau, 1ère dynastie de Babylone, 1900-1700 avant J.-C (Stéatite grise)
Cylindre de 18 x 10 mn, gravé en creux de symboles, personnages (Dieux) et animaux (aigle et félin), patine verte.
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ANTIQUITIES, Medieval, Seal matrix c.15th centuryWeapon divided in 4 quarters: Q1+4 shows 5 diagonally arranged diamonds; Q2+3 climbing lion to left. Found near Halle ( Flemish-Brabant ).
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ARISTANETOS. ROMAN LEAD SEALAPICT - ANETOV
Draped bust of a slightly balding middle-aged man with sideburns
19x18x9mm
10.01g
extremely fine
Early 4th Century
From the Gert Boersema filesJay GT4
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ARISTANETOS. ROMAN LEAD SEALAPICT - ANETOV
Draped bust of a slightly balding middle-aged man with sideburns
Cf. Gert Boersema stock no. 5705 (2010)=Münzzentrum 157 (2011), 552 for the same seal type with a clear legend;
18x16x10mm
10.74g; very fine
Note: The style of this portrait of a slightly balding middle-aged man with sideburns suggests a date in the early 4th century. It is the personal seal of a man called Aristanetos, as the Greek genitive legend indicates. In late Roman and early Byzantine times there are numerous personal seals that feature the portrait of the owner. Many of them are not known from other sources. These named portraits of individuals who were powerful and important in their day but are now long forgotten except for a few pieces of lead have a special kind of fascination.
From the Gert Boersema filesJay GT4
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Bardas Parsakoutenos, magistros and doux of Anatolikon. Lead seal c. AD 970-990 10291|Bardas Parsakoutenos, magistros and doux of Anatolikon. Lead seal c. AD 970-990
Star with six rays ending in something resembling arrows; circular invocational legend + KE ROHΘEI TW CW ΔUΛW
+RAPΔ|MAΓICTP,|S ΔUΞ TWN| ANATOΛ’K|TWN OÎ AT|O Î APCK’ in six lines
30mm; 16.24gram.
Before turning to the identification of the seal’s owner, there are a number of issues to be addressed about the reverse legend. Up to the fourth line, all is clear. A nominative legend listing Bardas’ dignity of magistros and his office of doux ton Anatolikon. The last line has his family name Pars(a)k(outenos). The fifth line, however, does not make sense. It might be an engraver’s error, repeating TWN of the third line and O Î AP of the last line. This explanation, even though unelegant, has to do for now, unless an otherwise unknown office or command is meant.
The seal’s owner is probably the person named in Leon Diakonos (VII.1) as one of three brothers Parsakoutenos, who backed Bardas Phokas the younger during his rebellion of AD 970 against John I Tzimiskes. These brothers, Theodore, Bardas and Nikephoros took their name, according to Leon, “after the city of their birth, Parsakouta”, which is a village on the road between Nymphaion and Sardis in the Thrakesian theme (p. 162, n.4 of the English edition). Leon adds that the Parsakoutenoi were cousins of Bardas Phokas and that they held the rank of patrikios and adds that they ‘mustered troops with great zeal’. Skylitzes (291.13-14) adds that Theodore and Nikephoros were the sons of the patrikios Theodoulos Parsakoutenos, and were exarchs in Cappadocia (p. 162, n.3). The rebellion, however, was extinguished by the skilled general Bardas Skleros, and Bardas Phokas was temporarily imprisoned.
Leon Diakonos once again mentions Bardas Parsakoutenos in book X, chapter 7, during the revolt of Bardas Skleros. He is now called magistros, a higher rank than patrikios, which implies that his earlier allegience to a usurper had not frustrated his political career. In the late 970’s, Skleros conquered large parts of Asia and was threatening to blockade the Dardanelles, hindering merchants and grain transports to the capital. In the end, he was defeated by Bardas Phokas on 24th of March 979 and fled to Muslim territory. But before his final defeat on the battleground, according to Leon Diakonos, his fortress at Abydos was seized, his army destroyed, and fire was set to his fleet of triremes by an imperial fleet of fireships dispatched from the capital under the command of Bardas Parsakoutenos. The seal, listing Bardas’ dignity as magistros, not patrikios as attested in AD 970, might well be from this period.
Gert
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Basileios, diakonos, chartoularios and protekdikos. Byzantine lead seal 11th century ADBasileios, diakonos, chartoularios and protekdikos. Byzantine lead seal 11th century AD
The Virgin Hodegetria, wearing nimbus, chiton and maphorion, pointing with her right hand to Infant Christ, who she is holding on her left arm. Christ is wearing a nimbus cruciger decorated with pearls, chiton and himation. He is holding a scroll in his left hand, his right hand resting in the fold of his mother’s maphorion below the chin. In left and right fields, MP–ΘV; Circular inscription +ΘKE ROHΘEI-[TW CW ΔOVΛW] within two concentric circles
+RACI|ΛEIW ΔIA|KON,XTU|KAI ΠPO|TEKΔI|KW in six lines
35mm, 22.26g; extremely fine but for some areas of striking weakness, and of the finest style.
As protekdikos, Basileios was the presiding cleric of the tribunal of priests of Hagia Sophia, known as the ekdikoi. As chartoularios he was assistant to the patriarch of Constantinopolis.
Gert
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BCC G18Roman Gem Stone
Intaglio 1st-3rd cent.CE
Caesarea Maritima
Female figure, possibly Demeter / Hygeia,
standing left, holding sacrificial bowl and
sceptre? or snake.
Translucent Red Carnelian
10.5x7.8x2.5mm. 0.29gm.
cf. Amorai-Stark, Hershkovitz, “Gemstones,
Finger Rings, and Seal Boxes from Caesarea
Maritima, The Hendler Collection”, #52 and
#54. c. Shay Hendler, Tel Aviv 2016.
Also possible, but perhaps less likely: Venus
standing. cf. Anit Hamburger, "Gems from
Caesarea Maritima", Atiqot English Series,
Vol. VIII, 1968, #45.v-drome
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BCC G19-21 3 Gem Stones
1st-3rd cent.CE?
Caesarea Maritima
Black and blue Sardonyx (-onyx)
beautifully cut and polished.
Surface finds, 1971-73
G19 - F2 profile, Hexagonal cut, very rare.
11.25 x 7.0 x 2.0mm weight: 0.24gm
G20 - F2 profile, oval cut, chipped.
8.0 x 5.25 x 1.9mm weight: 0.12gm
G21 - F2 profile, rectangular cut, chipped.
9.0 x 7.5 x 2.0mm weight: 0.27gm
cf. Amorai-Stark, Hershkovitz, “Gemstones,
Finger Rings, and Seal Boxes from Caesarea
Maritima, The Hendler Collection”, #211 and
#215 c. Shay Hendler, Tel Aviv 2016.
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BCC G22Gem Stone
Caesarea Maritima
Hellenistic, Roman, or Byzantine
Amethyst cabochon ring stone.
Pale purple-lilac, profile C1A (or B), oval,
double convex. Beautifully cut
and polished. 8.5 x 6.5 x 4.4mm.
Weight: 0.32gm.
cf. Amorai-Stark, Hershkovitz, “Gemstones,
Finger Rings, and Seal Boxes from Caesarea
Maritima, The Hendler Collection”, #244
c. Shay Hendler, Tel Aviv 2016.v-drome
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BCC G26Roman Gem Stone
Caesarea Maritima
Intaglio 1st-2nd cent.CE
Capricorn to left.
Carnelian, with iron oxide deposits.
Profile type:F1. Flat on top and bottom.
Gem size: 8.25x5.5x3mm. 0.2gm.
cf. Anit Hamburger, "Gems from
Caesarea Maritima", Atiqot English
Series, Vol. VIII, 1968, #132.
cf. Amorai-Stark, Hershkovitz, “Gemstones,
Finger Rings, and Seal Boxes from
Caesarea Maritima, The Hendler Collection”,
#155 and 156, Tel Aviv 2016.v-drome
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BCC G30 Ottoman Seal StoneIslamic Gem Stone
Caesarea Maritima
Ottoman Empire ca. 1797 CE
Uncertain ornate Arabic inscription
inscribed in the negative in three lines.
First line may read مطر اول, (matar awl,
"first rain"?). Middle line may read شاكر
عبده, (Shaker Abduh), a personal name.
Third line may read توفيق (Tawfiq) a
personal name which may also be translated
as "success", and حق يا رب, (haqa ya rabi,
meaning "Right Lord"?) or some type of
prayer. Possible date in lower line: ١٢١٢
(1212 AH=1797 CE). Flat rectangular
slab of very dark green jasper or jadite?
1.8 x 1.7 x 0.28cm. Weight: 2.03gm
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1978
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
(click for larger pic, corrections or additional
information appreciated)v-drome
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BCC G31 Turquoise Gemstone or InlayPlain Gemstone or Jewelry Inset
Caesarea Maritima
Uncertain date
Turquoise ring stone or inlay, profile F5.
Roughly rectangular with a flat upper
surface, slightly beveled around the peri-
meter leading into mostly straight edges,
with one side undercut. 5.5 x 4.5 x 2.5mm.
Wt: 0.15gm. (.75ct.). Plain turquoise was
used very commonly in Early and Medieval
Islamic jewelry, considerably less so in Roman
and Byzantine times. However, a number of
engraved examples, with Roman motifs, are
known to have been found at Caesarea.
See: Amorai-Stark, Hershkovitz, “Gemstones,
Finger Rings, and Seal Boxes from Caesarea
Maritima, The Hendler Collection”, pp.292ff.
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC L30 Lead Ring Harpocrates IAW/ABPACAΞLead Amuletic Ring
Late Roman - 3rd to 4th Century CE
Lead ring featuring Horus-Harpocrates,
seated left on lotus, right hand raised near
face, left hand hanging down. In field, to
right and left: I/A/W. On the underside of
the bezel, in two lines above and below a
casting burr: ABPA/CAΞ. Bezel: 17x12mm
Pb 2.4 x 1.2 x 1.0cm. 4.32gm.
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1977
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
For an identical example probably from
the same mould, and an excellent discussion
of this Egyptian motif, see Amorai-Stark,
Hershkovitz, “Gemstones, Finger Rings,
and Seal Boxes from Caesarea Maritima,
The Hendler Collection”, #479
copyright Shay Hendler, Tel Aviv 2016.v-drome
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BCC LS1Lead Seal
Late Roman - Early Byzantine
Obv:+KAΛ/ΛINI/KOV in three lines.
Rev:+AΠO/EΠAP/SCVM in three lines.
The symponos was an assistant to the Eparch
of Constantinople.
Cf. Zacos/Veglery 2889; Laurent, Corpus II, 1049v-drome
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BCC LS10Lead Seal
Late Roman-Early Byzantine
Obv: Peacock standing right. Star
above. Wreath border.
Rev: Greek inscription in 2 lines:
+ΚΥΡΙ/ΛΛΟΥ, a proper name,
within wreath border.
Pb 18x19.5mm. 6.19gm. Axis:0
Parallel example SKU: 11636 sold
by Gert Boersema Ancient Coins
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS11Lead Seal
Late Roman-Early Byzantine
Obv:Monogram with Greek
letters: Π, Α, Η, Λ, (HLIA-Elias)
Cross above.
Rev:M N H star above.
Pb 20mm. 9.49gm. Axis:0
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS12Lead Seal
Late Roman-Early Byzantine
Obv:Facing portrait, nimbate, in high
relief. Cross in right field.
Rev:Cruciform monogram with
Greek letters: M, N, H, O, and
possibly Y, E, Γ, and C.
Off-flan at bottom: could be
Δ, Λ, A or some combination of those.
18x20.5mm. 12.30gm. Axis:0v-drome
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BCC LS13Lead Seal
Late Roman-Early Byzantine
Obv: Facing portrait, nimbate, Mother and Child.
Cross in right and left fields.
Rev: Cruciform monogram with Greek letters:
Β, Α, Ρ, Δ, Ο, Υ, "of Bardas", a relatively common name
from the Byzantine period.
21mm. 7.33gm. Axis:0
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS14Lead Seal
Roman 1st-3rd Cent CE?
Obv: Trophy with helmet, cuirass and two
shields (oblong and round) at extremities,
or possibly Anguipede, stylized Persian influenced
snake-legged figure, usually with head of rooster,
carrying flail and shield.
Rev: Blank.
16 x 13mm. 5.55gm.
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1974
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS14Lead Seal
6th Century CE
Obv: Facing portrait, nimbate,
Mother and Child. Possible symbols
to left and right (cross?)
Rev: Cruciform monogram with Greek letters:
θ, E, Λ, Ρ, I, O, Υ,
Eleutheriou
20.5 x 19mm. 7.85gm. Axis:0
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS15Lead Seal
Early 7th century CE
Obv: monogram of Theodore
(THR), in field: Star
Rev: Inscription in 4 lines
[........ / b?]ASIL S / hART / [[....]?
Pb 20x17mm. 6.57gm. Axis:0
Theodore, cubicularius, (a dignity reserved for
eunuchs), Imperial chartoularios (an official entrusted
with administrative and fiscal duties).v-drome
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BCC LS16Lead Seal
Uncertain date, probably
Late Roman to Early Byzantine
with Latin inscriptions.
Obv: I[?]H / EAN / NU (John)
Rev: LEO / NTO / NA
Latin inscription.
20x18mm. 7.43gm. Axis:0
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS17Byzantine Lead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
Anonymous 6th-7th Century CE
Obv: Facing bust of the Virgin (Theotoke),
nimbate, cross to left and right.
Rev: Bust of Christ, bearing nimbus
cruciger, cross to left and right.
PB23x20mm. 7.00gm. Axis:0
cf. BCC LS50
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
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BCC LS18Lead Seal
Uncertain date - Late Roman to Early Byzantine?
Obv: Bear walking left, branch above,
uncertain object in front.
Rev: Block monogram with K, E, Y?, OU, C?, M?,
N?, A?, Π?, or P?
23x19mm. 8.58gm. Axis:0v-drome
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BCC LS19Lead Seal
Late Roman to Early Byzantine?
Obv: ΚΟΡ / ΝΗΛ / ΙΟΥ
Greek inscription in three lines, “of Cornelius”.
Rev: ??ΑΓ/ ΙΟΥ
Greek inscription in 2 or 3 lines. Identical to BCC Ls19a, but
with different dies.
19x17mm. 6.87gm. Axis:0v-drome
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BCC LS19aLead Seal
Late Roman to Early Byzantine?
Obv: ΚΟΡ / ΝΗΛ / ΙΟΥ
Greek inscription in 3 lines, “of Cornelius”.
Rev: ??ΑΓ/ ΙΟΥ
Greek inscription in 2 or 3 lines. Identical to BCC LS19,
but with different dies.
19x17mm. 8.79gm. Axis:0v-drome
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BCC LS2 and LS3BCC LS2 and LS3
Lead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
Late Roman - Early Byzantine
Obv: Monogram - MAPKOY
Rev: +ΑΡΧΙΔΙΑΚΟΝΟΥ
LS2 - 20X23mm. 10.71gm. Axis:0
LS3 - 18mm 8.79gm. Axis:0v-drome
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BCC LS20Lead Seal
Late Roman to Early Byz?
Obv: ΤΙΒ/ΕΡΙ/ΟΥ
Greek inscription in 3 lines,
“of Tiberius”.
Rev: TIB/ERI/U
This is an interesting example of a
bilingual seal. The Latin inscription is a
transliteration of the Greek inscription on the
obverse, and uses the Greek case ending "ou".
19x17mm. 4.06gm. Axis:0v-drome
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BCC LS21Lead Seal - Early Byzantine
6th-7th century CE
Obv:Facing portrait, Mother
and Child, nimbate, enthroned.
Rev: Very complex block monogram
possibly reading "of John, apo eparchon
(or apo hypaton)”, but there are
other possible solutions.
21.5 x 19mm. 6.47gm. Axis:0
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS22Lead Seal
Early Byzantine
5th-7th Cent.CE
Obv: Eagle facing, head right, wreath? in
beak, wings spread. Above, eight pointed star.
Rev: Cruciform monogram with Greek
letters: C, Φ, A, N, E, O, Y, (and T?)
Similar to monograms of “Stephanos”, Zacos'
Stephanou monograms 442-445 and 447-449.
17x19mm. 9.79gm. Axis:0
Thank you, Gert, for the references.v-drome
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BCC LS23Lead Seal
Byzantine 5th-7th Cent.CE
Obv:Facing bust , crude style.
Cross to left.
Rev:Block monogram with cross
to right and Greek letters possibly
including: Μ, Π, Ρ, Β?, Ο, Υ, Α?,
Λ?, C? or others.
20mm. 6.87gm. Axis:150v-drome
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BCC LS24Lead Seal
Byzantine 5th-7th Cent.CE
Obv:Eagle facing, head to rt.
wings spread, cross above.
Rev: Cruciform monogram
with Greek letters possibly
including: Μ (or retrograde N?), ω, Λ, ΟΥ,
θ?, Ε?, C?, Ρ?, Τ?, Ψ , or others.
The drawing represents what I think I can see,
however, there is a lot of corrosion.
18mm. 10.15gm. Axis:0v-drome
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BCC LS25Lead Seal
Byzantine 6th-7th Cent.CE
Obv:Facing bust of Virgin Mary,
nimbate, with infant Christ,
nimbate. Cross to right and [left?]
Rev:Cruciform monogram with Greek
letters possibly including: Θ, Ε, Ο,
Δ?, ω, Ρ, ΟΥ
Probably "of Theodore"
Max. Dia.: 22mm. 6.00gm. Axis:180
Surface find from the beach at Caesarea
Maritima, 1972.v-drome
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BCC LS26Lead Seal
Byzantine 5th-7th Cent.CE
Obv:Cruciform monogram with
Greek letters including:
Θ, Ε, Ο, Δ, ω, Ρ, ΟΥ “of Theodore”
Rev: Cruciform monogram with Greek letters
including: C, Γ, ΟΥ, Α? Χ? Μ? Φ? Τ? Ι?
Max. Dia.: 16.5mm. 4.29gm.
Axis:0v-drome
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BCC LS27Lead Seal
Byzantine 5th-7th Cent.CE
Obv:Cruciform monogram w/Greek letters
incl. : Θ?, Ε, Ο, Υ, C?,
with unknown letter or letters at bottom.
Rev: Cruciform monogram w/Greek letters
incl.: Γ, Ε, Ο, Υ, C?, W?, or others.
Max. Dia.: 19mm. 7.79gm. Axis:0v-drome
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BCC LS28Lead Seal
Late Roman-Early Byzantine
5th-7th Century CE
Obv: Facing bust of Virgin Mary,
nimbate, with infant Christ, (bearing
nimbus cruciger?) cross to left.
Rev: Cruciform monogram with
Greek letters: T or Γ, K, A?, I?, OY, and
possibly others. Left side missing.
22.5mm. 5.48gm. Axis:30v-drome
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BCC LS29Lead Seal
Late Roman-Early Byzantine
5th-7th Century CE
Obv: Cruciform monogram in wreath,
with Greek letters: Θ, I, E, perhaps
ΘEOTOKE BOHΘEI? Left side,
top and bottom of monogram are missing.
Rev:Greek inscription in three lines,
missing right side: Γ, / M or N, / O,
within wreath.
18mm. 3.56gm. Axis:0v-drome
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BCC LS30Lead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
Late 6th - Early 7th Century CE
Obv: Facing portrait, nimbate,
Mother and Child. Cross to left.
Rev: Block monogram with Greek letters:
A, C, K, Ι, O, Υ,
ISAAKIOS (Isaac, a Hebrew name)
16 x 14.5mm. 5.39gm. Axis:0
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS31 Lead Seal Two HolesLead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
Late 6th - Early 7th Century CE
Flattened and pierced with two neatly
drilled holes of unknown function.
Obv:Uncertain block monogram. Possible
letters K (or Y if tuned 90), B or P.
Rev:Uncertain block monogram. Possible
letters Λ (or Y, if inverted).
23.5 x 21.5 x 3.5mm. 7.59gm.
Axis:0 or 180?
Surface find Caesarea Maritima ca.1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS32 Lead Seal EagleLead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
Mid 6th - Early 7th Century CE
Obv: Eagle standing facing, head right,
wings spread, within wreath.
Rev: Block monogram with Greek
letters: I, A, O, Y, K, Akakios, a personal
name meaning "innocent, not evil", from
a', negative, and kako', evil.
20 x 16 x 2.25mm. 4.42gm. Axis:0
cf. Dumbarton Oaks online BZS.1947.2.813
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS33 Lead Seal Mother and ChildLead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
Late 6th - Early 7th Century CE
Obv: Facing portrait, nimbate,
Mother and Child?
Rev: Complex cruciform monogram
with Greek letters: X, A, P, T, O,
Y, and many other possibilities.
Chartoularios with personal name?
20.25 x 17 x 5mm. 6.24gm. Axis:0
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS34 Lead Seal Mother and ChildLead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
Late 6th - Early 7th Century CE
Obv: Facing portrait, nimbate,
Mother and Child.
Rev: Cruciform monogram with
Greek letters: A, I, ω, O,
Y, X? (to right), or N?, and others?
Possible reading of Ἰωάννου "John".
21 x 19 x 4mm. 7.07gm. Axis:0
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS35 Lead Seal JohannesLead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
5th - 6th Century CE
Obv: Greek inscription IωANNOU+
Rev: Incomplete inscription...A...NAC
23 x 20.75 x 3mm. 7.28gm. Axis:0
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS36 Lead Seal Horse/Snake?Lead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
6th - 7th Century CE
Obv: Horse advancing left with
uncertain objects in field, possibly
a snake underfoot, and a tree to right.
Rev: Damaged, incomplete cruciform
monogram, containing Greek letters
Δ, Φ, O, Y, I?, and at least one other
letter to left.
22.75 x 21 x 3.75mm. 10.79gm. Axis:0
cf. DOAKS, BZS.1955.1.4510 for a
horse rendered in similar style.
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS37 Lead Seal SaintLead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
Uncertain Date
Obv: Bearded? facing portrait of Saint
Basil?, nimbate, uncertain inscription
to left...T or Γ?, and right O..? / EI / IA..?
Rev: Damaged, incomplete cruciform
monogram, containing Greek letters
Λ, K?, C?, I (O, Y), and at least two, three,
or more letters to left and right.
20 x 19.5 x 4.0mm. 7.67gm. Axis:0
Unknown provenance, Israel, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
(Click for larger pic. Any assistance with ID appreciated)v-drome
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BCC LS38 Lead Seal Monogram Theoktistos?Lead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine 6th-7th Cent.CE
Obv:Incomplete cruciform monogram
with Greek letters including: Θ, Ε, Ο, T, C?,
K?, Y?, plus one or more to right. Theoktistos?
Rev: Incomplete cruciform monogram with
Greek letters including: A, K, P, C, I?, T?, E?,
Γ?, ΟΥ? and one or more letters to left.
20.5 x 16.5 x 3.25mm. 4.19gm. Axis:0
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS39 Lead Seal or Tessera LionLead Seal or Tessera
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine 5th-6th Cent.CE
Obv: Lion walking to right on ground
line, cross above. Holed in antiquity.
Rev: Incomplete Greek inscription in
three lines: ..NA/..TAC?/..OY Anastasius?
21 x 15 x 3mm. 4.92gm. Axis:0
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS4Lead Seal
Early 7th century CE
Obv: monogram of Theodore (THR), in field: Star
Rev: Inscription in 4 lines
[C]UbIC / (B?)ASI(L?)C /hART /[UL/]?
19mm 10.14gm
Theodore, Cubicularius,(a dignity reserved for
eunuchs), Imperial Chartoularios (official
entrusted with administrative and fiscal duties).v-drome
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BCC LS40 Islamic Umayyad Lead Seal Allah Mohammed RasulLead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
Islamic - Umayyad Caliphate?
Late 7th-early 8th Century CE
Obv: Arabic inscription in two lines.
محمد/ الله "Allah" "Mohammed"
Rev: Arabic inscription in one line.
رسول "Rasul", Messenger, prophet.
19 x 16 x 4.25mm. 5.50gm. Axis:0
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS41 Lead Seal Block MonogramsLead Seal or Tessera
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine 6th-7th Cent.CE
Obv: Block monogram with Greek
letters including N, A, P, ω, I?, C?,
Γ?, T?, Y? and possibly others.
Rev: Block monogram with Greek
letters including M, N, K, OY, I?, A?,
and possibly others.
21 x 20 x 4mm. 7.70gm. Axis:0
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS42 Lead Seal Uniface MonogramLead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine 4th-5th Cent. CE?
Uniface rectangular lead seal with large
channel. Obv: Block monogram in circular
punch with Greek letters including M, N, A,
Γ, I?, O, Y, and possibly others. Uncertain
letter(s) or figure between lower legs.
Rev: Blank.
17 x 13.5 x 4.5mm. 4.41gm. Axis:NA
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS43 Lead Seal Uniface MonogramLead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine 4th-5th Cent. CE?
Uniface rectangular lead seal with
large channel. Obv: Block monogram
in circular punch with Greek letters, some
retrograde, including N, A, Γ, O, Y, I?, Λ?,
and possibly others. Cross above.
Agallianos? Rev: Blank.
22.5 x 15.5 x 5.5mm. 8.03gm. Axis:NA
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS44 Byzantine Lead Seal A+W?Lead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine 6th-7th Cent.CE
Obv: Uncertain figure or portrait,
possibly with nimbus cruciger.
Rev: Uncertain cruciform monogram
or cross with one letter visible each
in the two upper quadrants A? / ω
(or possibly "Θ" if rotated 90 degrees).
18 x 16.5 x 4mm. 4.24gm. Axis:0?
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS45 Lead Seal Eagle Theodore Latin TranscriptionLead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine 6th-7th Cent.CE
Obv: Uncertain figure, possibly an
eagle, wings spread, cross? or monogram? above.
Rev: [TH]/EOD/ORU Greek inscription
"of Theodore" transcribed with Latin
letters. Broken in antiquity.
26 x 21.5 x 4mm. 6.78gm. Axis:180?
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
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BCC LS46 Lead Seal NONNOS ABRAMIOSLead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine 6th Century CE
Obv: Block monogram with Greek
letters: N, O, Y, "NONNOY" (of Nonnos)
Rev: Block monogram with Greek
letters: M, A, B, P, I, Y, X?, N?,?, O?
and possibly others. Abramiou?
PB15.5 x 14 x 3mm. 2.89gm. Axis:0
cf. DOAKS BZS.1947.2.1563 (obv).
and DOAKS BZS.1951.31.5.2940 (rev).
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
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BCC LS47 Lead Seal Block Monogram ΠAVΛOVLead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine 6th Century CE
Obv: Incomplete block monogram
with Greek letters: Π, (A), V, Λ, (O),
(of Paulos), with cross in center and
indeterminate border.
Rev: Incomplete Greek inscription in
two lines: Π.. / Λ.. Wreath border.
21.5 x 11.75 x 3mm. 3.68gm. Axis:0
For a nearly identical intact seal, see
DOAKS online no. BZS.1958.106.4250
Doaks comments somewhat wryly, "Would
that all monograms were accompanied by
a transcription on the other side of the seal.
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1974
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS48 Byzantine Lead SealLead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine 6th-7th Century CE
Obv: Incomplete cruciform monogram
with Greek letter X, to left.
Rev: Incomplete Greek inscription in
three lines: ... / ..N(or H)A / .T?OV
Within wreath? border.
21 x 13 x 2.75mm. 4.03gm. Axis:0?
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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BCC LS49 Lead SealLead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
Byzantine 6th-7th Century CE
Obv: Uncertain incomplete monogram
with Latin R? and two pellets...
Rev: Uncertain incomplete Greek
inscription in three lines: ..Δ /.CO?. / .O?
or, if rotated: OC?../ ΔO or C?.. / ?...
18 x 13 x 3.25mm. 4.09gm. Axis 0? or 180?
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection
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BCC LS50 Lead Seal Theotoke ChristByzantine Lead Seal
Caesarea Maritima
Anonymous 6th - 7th Century CE
Obv: Facing bust of the Virgin Mary
(Theotoke), nimbate, cross to left [and right].
Rev: Bust of Christ, bearing nimbus
cruciger, cross [to left] and right.
PB17 x 14.5 x 5.5mm. 5.72gm. Axis:0
cf. BCC LS17
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome
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