Byzantine lead seal of John metropolitan of Melitine
(ca 12th cent.)

Obverse: Inscription in 5 lines, ΙΩ,ΜΡΟ/ΠΟΛΙΤΗ/ΜΕΛΙΤΙ/ΝΙCS.../..ΓSA = Ἰωάννῃ μητροπολίτῃ Μελιτινῆς καὶ ..., dotted border.

Reverse: Seemingly the initial inscription for some word was later abrased.

A very interesting historically seal! Melitine is certainly the town in Armenia Minor, today Malatya in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey.

Condition: Very Fine

Weight: 19,2 gram
Diameter: 29 mm