Numismad

Auction 17  –  6 - 7 September 2024

Numismad, Auction 17

Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval and World Coins, Antiquities

Part 1: Fr, 06.09.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Sa, 07.09.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
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Description

Byzantine Lead Seal (8.33g, 22mm)
Eleutheros imperial spatarios and protonotarios of (thema) Tephrike.
Obv: Patriarchal cross on three steps. Circular inscription, beginning at 7 o'clock, between two borders of dots.
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ.
Rev: (Έλ)ευθερίῳ(?) β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθαρίῳ (καὶ) (πρωτο)νοταρίῳ τῶν Τεφρικ(ῆς)+
The reconstruction of the inscription is not certain.
Tephrike subsequently became the seat of a strategos sometime between 934 and 944 and remained a theme well into the eleventh century.

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Price realized 200 EUR 46 bids
Starting price 10 EUR
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