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. |
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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 C
w D(OY)
L/ Iw RECTHS/ KATE
PAN, ME/C
wPOTAMI/ 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.
