Seal of John, consul (?), praetorian prefect (?)show empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-RQdJEM

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Rogné légèrement sur le pourtour; bien centré; en voie d’oxydation.

    Dating

    Date
    6th C., end-7th C., first half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    John
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
    Antioche (Antakya)
    Find date
    Find circumstances
    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
    Collection and inventory
    Henri Seyrig Collection 227
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Cruciform monogram.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 17,5
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 2 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 17,5
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Légende surmontée d'une croisette et une autre croisette sous la légende. Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Ἰωάννου)
    rev
    2 Co(n)s(ulis) vel Co(n)s(ularis) Pr(aefecti) Pr(aetorio) A(fricae)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ἰωάννου / Consulis vel Consularis Praefecti Praetorio Africae.

    (Seal of) John, consul (?), praetorian prefect of Africa (?).

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 115 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes