An anonymous byzantine lead seal (11th cent.).
Obverse: Decoration and cross, inscription in 4 lines: + ΟΥ/ CΦΡΑ/ΓΙC ΕΙ/ΜΙ= Οὗ σφραγίς εἰμι (Of whom I am a seal), all within a dotted border.

Reverse: Decoration, inscription in 4 lines: ΤΗΝ/ ΓΡΑΦ/ΗΝ ΒΛΕΠ(ΩΝ)/ ΝΟΕΙ= τὴν γραφὴν βλέπων, νόει (you will understand looking at the script), all within a dotted border.

It is to note that the whole inscription consists a metric iambic twelve-syllable verse. The anonymous seals, of which we encounter several types, where in use during all byzantine period, while this special type mainly during 11th-12th cent.

Bibliography: Wassiliou-Seibt, Alexandra-Kyriaki. Corpus Der Byzantinischen Siegel Mit Metrischen Legenden Teil 2: N - Sphragis. Vienna: österreichischen Akademie der Wisseschaften, 2015.

Weight: 10,93 gr
Diameter: 20,00 mm