What are the characters on this seal? The middle two seem to be 皇帝, but I can't make out the other four.
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edited, according to info provided by droooze.
the recognised character in sequence:
５３１ ６４２
character ５：後 (u+5f8c)
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=後
character ６：裔 (u+88d4)
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E8%A3%94
character ３：皇 (u+7687)
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=皇
character ４：帝 (u+5e1d)
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=帝
character １, the left component is 水 (u+6c34), the left one, wait :)
edited. with help from droooze, this one should be 漢 (u+6f22)
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=漢
character ２, this one would be 亙 (u+4e99)
http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=亙
so, it would be read as "漢亙皇帝後裔", roughly "the descendent of emperor '漢亙帝'"
have fun :)
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@droooze yes, you got it :) any idea about character 6? imo, i wonder if it's a chinese character :)– 水巷孑蠻Aug 21, 2018 at 3:00
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Best guess at the moment is 亘, as abbreviation of 漢桓帝. Maybe this is a badly made seal on a TV show haha– dROOOzeAug 21, 2018 at 3:04
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亘, great, a best guess :) btw, i think that, an emperor's seal should be made by gold, or jade. so, may we say that it's a counterfeit, according to the photo :)– 水巷孑蠻Aug 21, 2018 at 3:10
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What does 汉桓帝 have to do with 后齐（北齐）? According to google they are separated by over 400 years.– 不亦说乎Aug 21, 2018 at 3:39