Constantine, patrician and quaestor (9th century), cruciform invocative monogram, type Laurent V, **, in the quarters **, rev. legend in four lines **, 36.38g. (unpublished), very fine

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Constantine, patrician and quaestor (9th century), cruciform invocative monogram, type Laurent V, **, in the quarters **, rev. legend in four lines **, 36.38g. (unpublished), very fine

Lot Essay

This seal is too old to be that of the quaestor Constantine, sent by Leo VI to Simon king of Bulgaria. The quaestor, a lawyer, presided over a tribunal, and participated in the promulgation of new imperial decrees.