Seal of Michael Barys, judgeshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 33
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Pressé et brisé dans le tiers supérieur droit et à la base; les lettres restantes sont nettement gravées.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., middle
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Prosopography, Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Michael Barys
    Milieu: Aristocracy
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
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    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
    Collection and inventory
    Henri Seyrig Collection 469
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Buste de saint Jean Prodrome, avec une longue barbe.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Légende métrique entourée de deux cercles linéaires, précédée d'une perle accostée de tirets. La dernière ligne est accostée de tirets.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a(ὁ ἂγιος) Ἰω(άννης) bὁ Πρό(δρομος)
    rev
    1+ Σφρα-
    2[γὶ]ς δικα-
    3στοῦ Μι(χαὴλ) τοῦ
    4Βαρέο-
    5ς

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    ὁ ἂγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Πρόδρομος / + Σφραγὶς δικαστοῦ Μιχαὴλ τοῦ Βαρέος.

    St. John the Prodromos. Seal of Michael Barys, judge.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 102 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes

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