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Seal info ???
Orthodoxcoins:
Please give me any info for this man:
Arch. Michael /
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Lead seal XII- XII cent. ? ! ?
joma-tk:
The inscription can be translated as:
Seal of the noble emperor Michael Ducas.
So obviously this is an imperial seal of Michael VII (1078-1090).
tk
Orthodoxcoins:
Thanks but ..... this is not so obviously.
If we read AVTH, not AVTK, this seal must belong to the uncle of emperor Michael Ducas
http://www.pbw.kcl.ac.uk/pbw/apps/boulloterion.jsp?bKey=1706
Then the Diameter is unusual - not 20 mm. as described but more then 32 mm !!!!! >:(
Gert:
It would help if you had pictures.
Gert
Abu Galyon:
--- Quote from: Orthodoxcoins on January 18, 2010, 08:47:53 am ---If we read AVTH, not AVTK, this seal must belong to the uncle of emperor Michael Ducas
http://www.pbw.kcl.ac.uk/pbw/apps/boulloterion.jsp?bKey=1706
--- End quote ---
Um ... uncle of the emperor Michael Ducas? Isn't this the Michael Ducas who was the brother-in-law of Alexius I, i.e. the brother of the empress Irene? That would make him a cousin of Michael VII. Or am I using PBW incorrectly?
Bill R
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