Ex Zacos Collection

CNG 111, Lot: 878. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Constantine Leichoudes. Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, 1059-1063. PB Seal (39mm, 32.50 g, 12h). The Theotokos enthroned facing, holding the Holy Infant / + KωN^T APXI/ЄПICKΟΠω ΚωN/CTANTIN(OY)ΠΟΛЄ/NЄAC PωΜHC S/[O]IK(OY)MЄNIKω/ΠΡΙ APXH in six lines; – • – below; breathing mark above KωN, macron above ΠΡΙ. BLS II 16b (this seal). VF, tan patina, rubbed on high points.

From the Gert Boersema Collection. Ex George Zacos Collection (Part 1, Spink 127, 7 October 1998), lot 19.