Not any Idea?
quadrans
Still working on it. I'm looking into the inscription at the moment. Somebody will eventually give you an answer.
Pete
The image on the
obverse seems to have the
inscription broken in two sections left and on the right: ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟC (St. Nicholas) possibly.
On the
reverse It seems to write the following: CΟΡΕΤΙC (?)
ΠΑΡΙCΤΑ
ΤΟΝ ΤUΠΟ(Ν)
ΤΙΝΟC Ο Ε
ΠΑΡΙCΤA ΤΟΝ ΤUΠΟΝ ΤΙΝΟC is the
part of the phrase that is clear(?). Roughly translated: "depicts/personates
type of someone.?.?.?..." τινός is the
genitive of the pronoun τίς (someone).
I'm not sure of a name on the seal, so I can't say for sure if it is an anonymous
type. Based on my studies on other form of
Byzantine art, it should date after the 10th century. Unfortunately lead
seals were out of our curriculum and we did not study them. Iconography though can be compared to other
contemporary forms of art. I also
hope that I put together the
reverse inscription correctly as possible. The first line puzzles me. I will write again if something else
comes up.
Pete