Concordia Numismatic

Auction 19  –  30 August 2024

Concordia Numismatic, Auction 19

Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic and Medieval Coins, Weights and Seals

Fr, 30.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
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Description

PB Byzantine seal of Hadrianos, basilikos strator and archon of Mesembria (AD 8thcentury)
Obv.: Cruciform invocative monogram (type V): Θεοτόκε βοήθει; in the quarters:[τ]ω σω δουλω.
Rev.: Inscription of four lines: Ἁδρια[ν]ῷ β(ασιλικῷ) στρ(άτωρι)(καὶ) ἄρχ(οντι) Με[σ]ημβρ(ίας).
Translation: Theotokos, help your servant Hadrianos, basilikos strator and archon of Mesembria.
Parallel specimen, Zacos and Veglery 1981A. See PBE Hadrianos 16. On the administration of Mesembria, see Nesbitt and Oikonomides, DO Seals I, p. 173.
Weight: 12.06 g.
Diameter: 27.70 mm.

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