Konstantinos Tzimpeas, circa 1279. Seal (Lead, 34 mm, 28.42 g, 12 h). Θ / ΓЄ-Ⲱ[PΓIOC] Saint George, nimbate, standing facing, holding spear in his right hand and resting his left on shield. Rev. [Γ]PAΦAC KV/[P] ⲰN MOI KⲰN/[CT]ANTINⲰ TZI/[MΠ]ЄA / ЄK TP OMAT/N PV૪ MЄ CV CT/[P]A TH ΛATA ('Affirming what is written to me, Konstantinos Tzimpeas, you, General (Saint George), deliver me from harm') in six lines. Cheynet/Theodoridis 210. Wassiliou-Seibt, Corpus I, 313. Minor flatness and a scrape across the obverse, otherwise, very fine.
A Konstantinos Tzimpeas is attested for the year 1279 as apographeus in Thessalonica. A relative of his, named Theodoros, is attested in 1304 as servant of the emperor. The family name may be connected to the fortress of Tzympe (Çimpe) on the Gallipoli peninsula.
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