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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1157. Estimate $300. 
Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008. 
Sold For $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Ioannes Kastamonites. Vestes and katepano of Mesopotamia, circa 10th-12th centuries. PB Seal (26mm, 16.95 g, 12h). [...]I/[...]O/[...]C down left field; Q/E/OD/w/P/’ down right field; St. Theodore standing facing, wearing military outfit, holding spear in his right hand, left hand on shield / +KE R,Q, / Tw Cw D(OY)L/ Iw RECTHS/ KATEPAN, ME/CwPOTAMI/ TO KACTA/- MON, T, - in seven lines; [ornamentation above]. BLS I -; DOCBS -; Seyrig -; Vatican -; Orghidan -; Jordanov -. Good VF.


From the Robert E. Hecht Collection.

The title vestes was conferred on high-ranking military officials.