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

Reverse: Inscription in 4 lines, +ΘΚΕRΘ,/ΒΑΡΔ/ΑΥΠΑ/ΤΟ = Θεοτόκε βοήθει Βάρδᾳ ὑπάτῳ (Mother of God help Bardas hypatos), dotted border.

Condition: Very Fine

Weight: 4,8 gram
Diameter: 18,2 mm