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 Konstantinos, hypatos and strategos of the Kassenoi (1030–1060)
Obv.: St. Eustathios standing, holding a spear and shield;sigla not visible at all.
Rev.: Inscription of six lines beginning with a cross: [+Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)] Κωνσταντίν(ῳ)ὑπάτ(ῳ)(καὶ) στρατηγ(ῷ) τῶν Κασζηνῶν.
Translation: St Eustathios. Lord aid your servant Konstantinos, hypatos and strategos of the Kassenoi.
Parallel specimen, Zacos II no. 425 (with an error, patrikios).For a commentary onthe etymology and the location of Kassenoi, see Charalampakis, P., On the Toponymy and Prosopography of Some Minor Military-Administrative Districts in Byzantium: Kas(s)e, Vindaion, Mauron Oros, KAED 3/3 (2017), pp. 27–49.
Weight: 9.51 g.
Diameter: 24.49 mm.

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