Lead seal of byzantine emperor AndronikosI Komnenos (1071-1078)
Obverse: Christ seated on a square-backed throne. The upper part of the throne is decorated at left and right with seven pellets. He is shown wearing a tunic and himation and blessing with the right hand and holding the book of Gospels bythe left. He has animbus cruciger; each arm is decorated with one pellet. Sigla at left and right:IC-XC = Ἰ(ησοῦ)ςΧ(ριστό)ς, all within dotted border.
Reverse: Andronikos Istanding on a dais and wearing a crown with a cross, praipenduliaand a loros,. holds a labarum in the right hand and a globus cruciger in the left. Circular inscription,+ΑΝΔΡΟΝΙ-ΚΩΔΕCΠΟΤΗ=Ἀνδρονίκῳδεσπότῃ, all within dotted border.

Andronikos I Komnenos(Greek:ΑνδρόνικοςΑʹ Κομνηνός,AndrónikosIKomnēnós;c. 1118–12 September 1185), usuallyLatinizedasAndronicus I Comnenus, wasByzantine Emperorfrom 1183 to 1185. He was the son ofIsaac Komnenosand the grandson of the emperorAlexios I.
Condition: Very Fine

Weight: 17.38 gr
Diameter: 28 mm