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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Byzantine Seals| > BZ97902
Byzantine Lead Seal, The Annunciation, c. 11th - 12th Century A.D.
|Byzantine| |Seals|, |Byzantine| |Lead| |Seal,| |The| |Annunciation,| |c.| |11th| |-| |12th| |Century| |A.D.|, The obverse seal depicts Gabriel announcing the birth of Jesus to the Virgin. The episode was known to the Byzantines as the "Chairetismos." The inscriptions are not legible but a similar type has the obverse inscription: XAIPE KAIXAPITWMNH O KC META (Greetings, you who are highly favored! the Lord is with you).
BZ97902. Lead seal, unpublished in references held by Forum; see Cotsonis for a list of 54 Byzantine seals of The Annunciation, VF/F, a remarkable large seal with very large high relief figures, weight 39.740g, maximum diameter 38.3mm, c. 11th - 12th century A.D.; obverse The Annunciation: the Virgin standing facing on the right, nimbate and raising her right hand with the palm turned outwards; the angel Gabriel on the left, nimbate, advancing towards the Virgin, raising his right hand, scepter in his left hand; reverse inscriptions in 7 lines; Byzantine seals depicting The Annunciation are very rare; SOLD










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