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Lead seal of Theophilopoulos
A skillfully made seal of high quality. Saint Nikephoros is depicted on one side in full length and in frontal pose wearing military attire and holding a spear and a sword. Left and right there is the inscription “Saint Nikephorus”. On the other side in a punched circle is a four-line inscription “Document seal of Theophilopoulos”. In all likelyhood the seal belonged to one of the few Greek officers who remained in the service of Latins after the fall of Constantinople in 1204.
Code
ΒΜο 40
Type
Lead seal
Chronology
1st half of 13th c.
Dimensions
Diameter 3,55 cm., weight 22,82 g.
Material of Construction
Lead
Origin
Zacos collection, bought at an auction