★ Extremely rare iconography of a military saint ★

Paulikios, 6th-7th centuries. Seal (Lead, 18 mm, 5.26 g, 12 h). Military saint, nimbate, riding on horseback to left. Rev. Cruciform monogram ΠAVΛIKIOV. Unpublished in the standard references. An interesting seal with extremely rare iconography of a military saint. Some deposits, otherwise, good very fine.

From an important collection of Roman and Byzantine seals, tesserae and amulets, formed before 2021.