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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 1411397, member: 9204&quot;]A while back, I had purchased a group lot of tesserae that came with two seals. Byzantine seals are notoriously difficult to attribute even if they&#039;re in good condition and these two were real dogs. A few months later, as I flipped through an auction catalog, I saw a piece with same size and initial letters. Lo and behold it was a match!</p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/DSC_0257.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>BYZANTINE. Basileos. </b><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">Circa 1080-1180</font></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">PB Seal (16mm, 5.15 g, 12h)</font></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">CΦPA/ ΓIC ΠЄ/ ΦVKA</font></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">TωN/ ΛOΓωN/ RACIΛ</font></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">Münz Zentrum 161 (11 January 2012), lot 841, otherwise unpublished</font></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">Ex Classical Numismatic Group E267, lot 685 (part of)</font></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p>As seals were personal objects that were used much as signatures are today, there is little hope of ever knowing who this particular Basileos was. Larger seals frequently cite the title and position of the owner, who was often a minor dignitary or noble, but a small one like gives little information.</p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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