| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 5195 Price realized: 850 CHF (Approx. 966 USD / 897 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Georgios, patrikios, and Theophylaktos, general kommerkiarioi of the warehouses of Pamphylia and Pisidia, indiction 5 and 6 = 691-693. Seal (Lead, 33 mm, 28.38 g). ΓЄⲰPΓI૪ ΠATPIK[...]ΛAK'; in left field, two indiction symbols; in right field, Є and S Justinian II, crowned, bearded and wearing loros, standing facing, holding globus cruciger in his right hand and cross-tipped scepter in his left. Rev. ΓЄNIK/ⲰN KOMM/ЄPKIAPIⲰN / AΠOΘHKH[C] / ΠAMΦVΛIA/C S ΠICCIΔ, in six lines. Unpublished in the standard references. An extremely rare seal with a magnificent depiction of the emperor. Minor areas of weakness, otherwise, extremely fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. The kommerkiarioi Georgios and Theophylaktos had authority over many warehouses simultaneously, as their seal record show: Zacos/Veglery cite four seal types mentioning different toponyms for indiction 5 and 6: Asia and Karia, Galatia, Isauria and Lykaonia, and lastly Lazike, Trapezous and Kerasous (p. 150, table 6/2). This exceptional seal adds Pamphylia and Pisidia to the list. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
