Anonymous Byzantine lead seal (ca 11th cent.)
Obverse: Cross, inscription in 4 lines: + ΟΥC/ΦΡΑΓΙC/ΕΙΜΙ/THN= Οὗ σφραγίς εἰμι τὴν (Of whom I am a seal), all within a dotted border.

Reverse: Ιnscription in 4 lines: ΓΡΑΦ/ΗΝ ΒΛΕΠ/ΩΝΓΝ/ΩΣΗ = τὴν γραφὴν βλέπων, γνώσῃ (you will understand looking at the script), all within a dotted border.

It is to note that the whole inscription consists a metric iambic twelve-syllable verse. The anonymous seals, of which we encounter several types, where in use during all byzantine period, while this special type mainly during 11th-12th cent.
Bibliography: Wassiliou-Seibt, Alexandra-Kyriaki. Corpus Der Byzantinischen Siegel Mit Metrischen Legenden Teil 2: N - Sphragis. Vienna: österreichischen Akademie der Wisseschaften, 2015.

Condition: Very Fine

Weight: 7.00 gr
Diameter: 20 mm