Lot 2436

Sale 50 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Byzantine Lead Seal, 7th century A..D., 25 mms, (14.63 grams), obv. **YEOTOKE BOHY K, rev. monogram of **MICAHL DHMAPCOV, (Zacos and Veglery obv. monogram XXXVa). Brown patina, very fine with dents, unpublished.

Michael the Demarch was an official of one of the Circus factions, which at the height of their influence acted in the role of political parties and were closely involved in imperial policy and religious activism.