An anonymous byzantine seal
(11th cent.)
Obverse: Inscription in 4 lines following a cross: + ΟΥ/CΦΡΑΓΙC/ΕΙΜΙ/ΤΗΝ = Οὗ σφραγίς εἰμι τὴν (Of whom I am a seal ), all within a dotted border.

Reverse: Inscription in 4 lines: ΓΡΑΦ/ΗΝ ΒΛΕ/ΠΩΝΝΟ/ΕΙ= γραφὴν βλέπων, νόει (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: 6,1 gram
Diameter: 20,4 mm