BYZANTINE SEALS. Basil, protopatrikios & strategos of the Anatolikoi, circa 7th-8th century. Seal or Bulla (Lead, 27 mm, 18.46 g, 12 h). Cruciform invocative monogram formed by the letters of the legend ΘΕΟΤΟKΕ BOHΘEI; in the fields, TΩ - CΩ / ΔΟY-ΛΩ . Rev. BACIΛI/Ω Α'ΠATPI'/K' CTPA' TΩ/N ANA in four lines. Possibly unpublished. A clear and boldly struck seal, bearing the rare title of protopatrikios. Good very fine.