Bidspirit auction | RARE BYZANTINE BRONZE SEAL WITH

RARE BYZANTINE BRONZE SEAL WITH LONG INSCRIPTION - Ca. AD 990 - 1030. A Byzantine bronze seal with inscription framed with rope decoration and two hoops. The inscription reads: + KER - OETETON - PHOROE - TACE. For similar see: The Glory of Byzantium, Arte and Culture of the middle Byzantine era AD. 843 - 1261, 1997, n. 173. Size: 30mm x 25mm; Weight: 5g Provenance: Private UK collection; from an old London collection formed in the 1990s.