Attractive Seal Depicting St. Nicholas

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1694. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Christophoros. Magistrate, vestarch, and praetor of the Kibyrrhaiotai, 11th century. PB Seal (30mm, 18.01 g, 12h). Nimbate facing bust of Saint Nicholas, raising hand in benediction and holding the book of the Gospels / +KER HQ,/TWCW DVA,/XPICTOFOP’/MAGICTPW RE/CTAPXS PPAI/PPIT,N KIRV/P[ ?] WTWN T,/[?], NW in eight lines across fields. Zacos & Veglery 400 var. (rev. legend). Good VF, even beige patina, areas of slight weakness of strike. A bold portrait of Saint Nicholas.