Kimon (sixth/seventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin, facing, nimbate, between two crosses, with the medallion of Christ with a nimbus cruciform before her. Linear border.
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin, facing, nimbate, between two crosses, with the medallion of Christ with a nimbus cruciform before her. Linear border.
Reverse
Cruciform monogram. Linear border.
ι - κ - μ - ν - ω
Κίμωνι
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.225 |
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Diameter | 34.0 mm; field: 24.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Zacos-Veglery, no. 1169. |
Translation
Κίμωνι.
Kimon.
Bibliography
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This seal is a long piece of lead on which a portion has been impressed with a bulloterion. In the seal portion there is no evidence of a channel, but there is a perforation in the unused portion where the cord was passed through.