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Message:: [QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7751744, member: 99456"]An interesting thread with impressive seals and great research.  Here's a lump of lead, my only seal, with none of the charm of the OP seals, but still readable:[ATTACH=full]1327356[/ATTACH]Byzantine lead seal of Athanasios Tourmarches (7th/8th century)Obv: Cruciform monogram inscribed in 4 corners, reading as, ΘΕΟΤΟΚΕ ΒΟΗΘΕΙ ΤΩ CΩ (Mother of God, help your...)Rev: Inscription in 4 lines, + ΔΟΥΛΩ ΑΘΑΝΑCΙΩ ΤΟΥΡΜΑΡΧ[Η] (...servant Athanasios Tourmarches)Size: 14g, 23mm And as we have veered off the path from coins to seals....here's an oddity for the medieval enthusiasts - I hit a dead end trying to find out more about this seal.[ATTACH=full]1327354[/ATTACH]A collector's impression in waxed or oiled plaster? of a 13th-14th Century British medieval seal matrix.  An ecclesiastical personal seal matrix belonging to John Suett, archdeacon of London. The seal depicts a figure standing within a church canopy with a praying  figure below.  Old label on the reverse with inscription: "Sigillii dni Johis Suett Archidia com. London" Dimensions: 70 mm x 50 mm.  Age unknown, probably 19th century, but could be much earlier.[/QUOTE]