Zeus Numismatics

Budget Auction 12  –  28 - 29 August 2020

Zeus Numismatics, Budget Auction 12

Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Crusaders, Medieval, Armenian, Islamic Coins and Ant...

Part 1: Fr, 28.08.2020, from 4:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Sa, 29.08.2020, from 4:00 PM CEST
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Description

Byzantine lead seal of John imperial spatharokandidatos and
chartoularios of the Genikon Logothesion (ca 11th cent.)

Obv.: Inscription in 4 lines, + K(YΡI)ERΟ/ΗΘΕΙΩ(ΑΝΝΗ)/[R,C]ΠΑΘΑΡΟ/[Κ]ΑΝΔ(Ι)Δ(ΑΤΩ) = Κύριε, βοήθει Ἰωάννῃ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ (Lord, help John imperial spatharokandidatos), all within dotted border.

Rev.: Inscription in 5 lines, ΧΑΡ[ΤΟΥ]/ΛΑΡ(ΙΩ)ΤΟΥ[ΓΕ]/ΝΙΚΟΥΛ[Ο]/[Γ]ΟΘΕC[Ι]/ΟΥ = χαρτουλαρίῳ τοῦ Γενικοῦ Λογοθεσίου (chartoularios of the Genikon Logothesion), all within dotted border.

John, the owner of the present seal, was a high-ranking bureaucrat of the Genikon Logothesion, the fiscal department of the empire.

Condition: Very Fine

Weight: 11.20 gr
Diameter: 25 mm

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