Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1153. Estimate $300.
Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.
Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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John. Thytes, 10th-11th century. PB Seal (26mm, 10.34 g, 12h). [
LOG]OVC C
FRAGIZ
w [T(OY) QVTOV Iw] between two borders; MP QV across field; facing bust of the Theotokos, hands raised in gesture of prayer, with facing bust of the child Christ before her / O (with pellet in center)[...] on far left; [...]T[...] between left and central figures; [...]A/X between central and right figures; O[...] on far right; three saints standing facing, each holding small cross before chest in right hand; in center, St. Tarachos; on left, St. Andronikos; on right, St. Probus. BLS II 528; DOCBS -; Seyrig -; Vatican -; Orgidan -; Jordanov -. VF, tan patina.
From the Robert E. Hecht Collection.
