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Ekdikoi of the Hagia Sophia. Circa 12th century. PB Seal (55mm, 107.50 g, 12h). VF.
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Triton XXVIII
Live bidding began Jan 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM EST
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Ekdikoi of the Hagia Sophia. Circa 12th century. PB Seal (55mm, 107.50 g, 12h). The Theotokos, wearing tunic and maphorion and Justinian I, wearing crown and loros, both nimbate, supporting between them a model of the Hagia Sophia held in both hands; [+VΠЄPAΓ]IA Θ[Є]O TOKЄ ROHΘЄI around, H/A/[Γ/I]/A C/O/Φ/I/A down central field / – • –/ + TOIC ΘЄ/OCЄRЄCTA/TOIC ΠPЄC/RVTЄPOIC/ KAI ЄKKΛH/CЄKΔIK´/ – • – in eight lines. BLS II 65. Tan-brown patina, light roughness, a couple of minor stress cracks on reverse. VF.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 121 (6 October 2022), lot 1145; Classical Numismatic Group 108 (16 May 2018), lot 780.
The ekdikoi were a college of priests responsible for the administration of holy sites, who additionally carried out a judicial function. In this capacity, accused criminals who sought asylum in churches would be judged by them. The office was established by Justinian I (527-565), but it did not acquire a real presence in the administration of church affairs until later in the 11th century.
The final winners of all Triton XXVIII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 14-15 January 2025.
Triton XXVIII – Session Three – Lot 558–829 will be held Wednesday morning, 15 January 2025 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 121 (6 October 2022), lot 1145; Classical Numismatic Group 108 (16 May 2018), lot 780.
The ekdikoi were a college of priests responsible for the administration of holy sites, who additionally carried out a judicial function. In this capacity, accused criminals who sought asylum in churches would be judged by them. The office was established by Justinian I (527-565), but it did not acquire a real presence in the administration of church affairs until later in the 11th century.
The final winners of all Triton XXVIII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 14-15 January 2025.
Triton XXVIII – Session Three – Lot 558–829 will be held Wednesday morning, 15 January 2025 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
