Byzantine lead seal of Constantine officer
(ca 12th cent.)
Obverse: Bust of the Mother of God, facial, nimbate, wearing chiton and maphorion in praying posture (iconographic type of "Nikopoios"), sigla ΜΡ-ΘV (Mother of God), dotted border.

Reverse: Inscription in 3 lines, +/ΚΕRΘ,/ΚΟΝCΤΑ/ΝΤΗΝΟΝ = Κύριε, βοήθει Κωνσταντῖνον (Lord help Constantinos), dotted border.

Condition: Very Fine

Weight: 6,0 gram
Diameter: 21,0 mm