PB Byzantine seal of Basileios Palatinos, protospatharios and strategos (11th century AD)
Obv: Half-length bust of The Mother of God 'Hagiosoritissa' to right, nimbate, both hands raised in supplication, facing the hand of God to upper right. Traces of sigla on either side: [Μή(τη)ρ] Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Rev: Inscription of six lines beginning with a cross: +Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει Βασιλείῳ (πρωτο)σπαθαρ(ίῳ) [καὶ] στρατηγ(ῷ) [τῷ] Παλα[τίνῳ]. Border of dots.
Laurent, Vatican 145; Lichačev, Istoričeskoe značenie p. 60; PBW Basileios 20340.
Weight: 6.12 g.
Diameter: 19.60 mm.