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Seal of Athanasius I, Oecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Seal of Athanasius I, Oecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Byzantine

Obverse: Virgin Platytera seated facing on a large throne with high back, holding the Christ child on her knees. left and right of Virgin's head, text in Greek (Mother of God) Reverse: Greek inscription (Athanasios, by the grace of God Archbishop and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, the New Rome)

Lead

Byzantine period, Late

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