Georgios, patrikios and strategos and servant of Saint Elias (?), 11th century. Seal (Lead, 32 mm, 15.51 g, 12 h). Θ / Γ/Є-... Saint George, standing facing, nimbate, holding spear in his right hand, and resting left hand on a shield. Rev. +KЄ ROH/[Θ,] ΓЄⲰPΓI/[Ⲱ] ΠPIKI K, CT,/...AΓI/...ΛIOV in five lines. Unpublished in the standard references, but cf. Leu Web Auction 31 (2024), 1692 (different boulloterion). Rough surfaces, otherwise, good fine.



If our reading of this seal and the cited parallel is correct, the reverse legends close with a personal pledge in which the seal's owner expresses his devotion to St. Elias. This is something quite extraordinary, as invocations of patron saints are usually stated at the beginning of a seal legend.