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Auction 15  –  6 - 8 July 2024

Numismad, Auction 15

Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic and World Coins, Seals

Part 1: Sa, 06.07.2024, from 8:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Su, 07.07.2024, from 8:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Mo, 08.07.2024, from 8:00 PM CEST
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Description

Byzantine Pb Seal (5.47g, 20mm) Basil anthypatos, (eleventh century)
Obv: Bust of St Basil holding the book and offering a blessing. Traces of an inscription: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Βασίλ]ει[ος].
Rev: Inscription in four lines: Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη Βασιλ(είῳ) ἀνθυπάτος
Similar in obverse to the seal of Basil Apocapes. (?)
Basileos (Vasil) Apokapes (Βασίλειος Ἀποκάπης) was an 11th-century Byzantine general.
Ref: M. Grünbart, “Die Familie Apokapes im Lichte neuer Quellen,” SBS 5 (1998) 29-4

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