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Basil Kataphloros (twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

St. George standing holding a spear and balancing his shield against the ground. Sigla partially preserved: |ΓΕ|Ρ..|.Σ: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώρ[γιο]ς. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Indeterminate border.

ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣ
Α.ΙΛΟΥ
ΤΟΥΚΤ
ΦΛΡ.Υ

σφραγὶς Βα[σ]ιλείου τοῦ Κατα[φλ]ῶρ[ο]υ

Obverse

St. George standing holding a spear and balancing his shield against the ground. Sigla partially preserved: |ΓΕ|Ρ..|.Σ: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώρ[γιο]ς. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Indeterminate border.

ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣ
Α.ΙΛΟΥ
ΤΟΥΚΤ
ΦΛΡ.Υ

σφραγὶς Βα[σ]ιλείου τοῦ Κατα[φλ]ῶρ[ο]υ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1553
Diameter 25.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

σφραγὶς Βασιλείου τοῦ Καταφλῶρου.

The seal of Basil Kataphloros.

Commentary

The reading of the name on this seal is provisional and cannot be established with certainty until a better preserved parallel becomes known. BZS.1951.31.5.1843 (linked to this entry) appears to be closely related to the present specimen and likely belonged to the same owner.