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Rafael Augusto De Mattos F:
Hello guys, need your help on this Byzantine Lead Seal, 23mm diameter and 10.1gr weight. Thanks and best wishes!

djmacdo:
Another lead seal!

iolkia:
Hello,

Here my (partial) suggestion:

Obv: St Nicholas
Rev.

ΘΕΟΔ
ΚURUKΛ
S XAΡTU
ΛΑΡ (?) [...]
[...]

Theodore, kouboukleisios and chartoularios [...]


Regards,
Iolkia

Gert:
Yes, that's right. The last lines are:

TU VKO
[N]OM

So he was a chartoularios (administrative official) of the oikonomos - i.e. the head of an institution, large church, foundation or a domain. The seal does not specify the institution where he was active. Hagia Sophia, for example, had an oikonomos in charge of its daily affairs.

Regards
Gert

Rafael Augusto De Mattos F:
Better images for research. Thanks a lot!




--- Quote from: Gert on September 08, 2023, 12:35:12 pm ---Yes, that's right. The last lines are:

TU VKO
[N]OM

So he was a chartoularios (administrative official) of the oikonomos - i.e. the head of an institution, large church, foundation or a domain. The seal does not specify the institution where he was active. Hagia Sophia, for example, had an oikonomos in charge of its daily affairs.

Regards
Gert

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