Manuel Raoul (12th/13th centuries), cruciform monogram within circular inscription begining at the top between two circles of dots, ***, rev. galley to right, with three oarsmen and one helmsman, pennant above, border of dots, 19.41g. (unpublished, cited ZV.2721 and Seibt, Zur Problematik byzantinischer Monogrammsiegel, SBS 3, p.26, photo no.6), scratched on reverse, and cracked, otherwise extremely fine, rare
Manuel Raoul (12th/13th centuries), cruciform monogram within circular inscription begining at the top between two circles of dots, ***, rev. galley to right, with three oarsmen and one helmsman, pennant above, border of dots, 19.41g. (unpublished, cited ZV.2721 and Seibt, Zur Problematik byzantinischer Monogrammsiegel, SBS 3, p.26, photo no.6), scratched on reverse, and cracked, otherwise extremely fine, rare

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Manuel Raoul (12th/13th centuries), cruciform monogram within circular inscription begining at the top between two circles of dots, ***, rev. galley to right, with three oarsmen and one helmsman, pennant above, border of dots, 19.41g. (unpublished, cited ZV.2721 and Seibt, Zur Problematik byzantinischer Monogrammsiegel, SBS 3, p.26, photo no.6), scratched on reverse, and cracked, otherwise extremely fine, rare

拍品專文

One of only two known depictions of a boat on a Byzantine seal (for the other see ZV.2721). The family was descended from Latin emigrants at the time of Alexis Comnenus, and became related to the imperial family.