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Author Topic: Help to ID? please? Roman or Byzantion seal?  (Read 806 times)

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Re: Help to ID? please? Roman or Byzantion seal?
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2013, 04:13:31 pm »
First of all, please put the diameter in your posts, and possibly the weight. Most times, there's no way to tell from a photo how large these seals are, but it's an important clue to attribution.

My guess would be late Roman, first half 5th century. In 425-35 a similar (possibly identifcal) coin type was introduced with a facing Victory holding two wreaths in outstretched hands. That type isn't described as standing on a globe, but I think it might very well be there. This parallel might also date your seal to the joint reign of Valentinian III and Theodosius II.

This type of standing Victory was also used in early Byzantine times, but those have different obv. and crosses in the fields.
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Re: Help to ID? please? Roman or Byzantion seal?
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2013, 12:11:42 pm »
Hi Gert"

All of my picture the left side you can find a mm scale , and mostly the file name included the diameter and weight (coins) and the axis .

this seal only the diameter including the filename under the picture ( 20 mm) .

I will measure the weight and post it. ( the weight very variable in the seal's but OK)

 Thank you again Gert  :)

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Re: Help to ID? please? Roman or Byzantion seal?
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2013, 01:04:53 pm »
Now I see, I overlooked!
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