AE Byzantine seal of George (AD 13th – 14th centuries)
Obv: St. John the Evangelist standing, turned three quarters, blessing with his right hand and holding a book in his left hand. On either side the inscription: ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Θεολόγος. Border of dots.
Rev: Inscription of six lines beginning with a cross: Γεώργιον σκέποις με, σεμνε παρθένε, λύχνος γεγώς μοι τοῖς ποσί, φῶς ταῖς τρίβοις. Border of dots.
Translation: St. John Theologos / Venerable Virgin, may you shield me, George, be a light for my feet, a light on all my ways.
Parallels, Zacos II, 775; Zacos IV/127, no 104; Zacos IV/135, no 320; Wassiliou 2, no 248a-c.
The text of the 2nd verse is taken from the psalms 118:105.
Weight: 34.14 g.
Diameter: 41.86 mm.

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