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Rare Ancient BYZANTINE Lead Seal ca.800 Roman Cross Religious Artefact Monk
Rare Ancient BYZANTINE Lead Seal ca.800 Roman Cross Religious Artefact Monk

Rare Ancient BYZANTINE Lead Seal ca.800 Roman Cross Religious Artefact Monk

$ 25.87

Availability: 44 in stock
  • Condition: Good 7.04 g 20.5 mm

    Description

    Rare Ancient BYZANTINE Lead Seal ca.800 Roman Cross Religious Artefact Monk
    Description
    BYZANTIUM EMPIRE (Constantinople/Istanbul)
    A Byzantine
    lead seal
    ,
    approx.
    8th
    century for official use in some form of ecclesiastical domain. Orthodox Christianity was the religion of much of the near and middle east until the Islamic Ottoman Turk invasion in the 14th century.
    These official lead seals to be used on seal waxing envelopes are very evocative of a lost time.
    BYZANTIUM
    Byzantine
    lead seal
    ,
    about
    8-10
    c.
    Vs
    :
    Roman
    Cross
    RS
    :
    Roman
    Cross
    7.04
    g
    20.5
    mm
    Condition
    :
    traces
    of
    corrosion
    ,
    otherwise
    nice
    See the pics
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