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ID:     77001163
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Byzantine
Region:     LEAD SEALS AND BULLAE
Issuer:     Lead Seals
Date Ruled:     John Comnenus
Metal:     Lead
Denomination:     PB Seal John Comnenus
Diameter:     34 mm
Weight:     22.17 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Description:     George, wearing military outfit, holding spear in right hand, shield on left arm
Reverse Description:     KE ROHQ,
Primary Reference:     [O]/GE/w/[R] down left field
Reference2:     G/I/O/C down right field
Reference3:     half-length facing bust of St
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=115586
Grade:     George, wearing military outfit, holding spear in right hand, shield on left arm / KE ROHQ,/[T]w Cw D(OY)Lw/ [I]w K(OY)ROPAL,T,/S DOMECTIKw/ TwN CXILwN/ THC DVCAIOC/Tw KOMNH/-Nw- in eight lines
Notes:     Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1163 BLS I 2681bis; DOCBS I 1.18a; Seyrig -; Vatican -; Orghidan -; Jordanov - From the Robert E. Hecht Collection.John Comnenus was the brother of the emperor Isaac I and the father of the emperor Alexius I. This seal must date to after 1057, when Isaac ascended the throne and elevated John to the rank of curopalates (a title conferred primarily on members of the imperial family). The year he was appointed domesticos of the Scholai of the Occident is uncertain.