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ID:     77001118
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Byzantine
Region:     LEAD SEALS AND BULLAE
Issuer:     Lead Seals
Date Ruled:     Stephan
Metal:     Lead
Denomination:     PB Seal Stephan
Diameter:     36 mm
Weight:     26.87 g
Die Axis:     11 h
Obverse Description:     +CTEFAN(OY) AP[O VPA]
Reverse Description:     TwN PATRIKI(OY)
Primary Reference:     cf. BLS I 138-144 (seals of Stephan)
Reference2:     cf. DOCBS IV 11.20 (seal of Stephan)
Reference3:     Seyrig -
Reference4:     Vatican -; Orghidan -; Jordanov -
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=115541
Grade:     VF, tan and gray patina, a little rough.
Notes:     Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1118 From the Robert E. Hecht Collection.Genikoi commerciarioi oversaw the state warehouses (apothekai) and controlled trade on the frontier. Commerciarioi were normally appointed or reappointed by the emperor each year, and many of their seals can be dated to a small range of years or even to a specific year (for example, lots 1119 and 1126). As a result, we are able to reconstruct the careers of many of the officials. Zacos and Veglery (BLS I) have outlined the career of Stephan (see Vol. I, table 1, p. 145) based on his seals. This example reveals that Stephan administered the warehouse of Pamphylia, a position unrecorded by BLS I. The seal likely dates to the middle of Stephan’s career, after he became an apo hypatos but before he became a stratiotikos logothes (the head of taxation department).