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Byzantine lead seal of a Nikos?
Arminius:
Please correct me if my attribution is wrong or incomplete:
Byzantine lead seal, a Nikos or Nikolaos ?, ca. 900-1100 AD.,
lead seal (17-18 mm / 4,91 g), holed,
Obv.: Θ / ΓE / ... , bust of St. George, nimbate, facing.
Rev.: KЄ BO/ ΘO Δω S / NIKOV , - K(yri)e Bo(hthei) / To Doulo Su / Nikou - Lord help / your servant / Nikos.
Ref ??? .
joma-tk:
As far as I can see 8)
:Greek_Kappa: :Greek_epsilon: :Greek_Beta: :Greek_Omicron: :Greek_Eta:
:Greek_Theta: :Greek_epsilon: :Greek_Omicron: :Greek_Delta: :Greek_Omega: :Greek_Rho:
:Greek_epsilon: :Greek_Pi: :Greek_Iota: C :Greek_Kappa: :Greek_Omicron: :Greek_Pi_3:
So it rather reffers to a Theodore who was bishop of ......
tk
Arminius:
Thanks!
Gert:
The obverse seems to depict a bald and bearded saint. This excludes George. From the silhouet you would think Nicholas.
Regards
Gert
joma-tk:
I was thinking the same thing ;)
The :Greek_Gamma: we see on obverse signifies not :Greek_Gamma: :Greek_epsilon: :Greek_Omega: :Greek_Rho: :Greek_Gamma: :Greek_Iota: :Greek_Omicron: :GreeK_Sigma: (George)
but :Greek_Alpha: :Greek_Gamma: :Greek_Iota: :Greek_Omicron: :GreeK_Sigma: (Saint)
and indeed the face looks like Nickolas
tk
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