Seal of Michael, vestarches and grand oikonomos of the Tropaiophorosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-KrbBxf

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 25
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Fortement rogné dans sa partie supérieure; de profondes entailles parcourent le revers.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., middle
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature, Parallel
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Michael
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
    ―
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
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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 467
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Saint Georges, debout, le fourreau de l’épée apparaissant nettement en diagonale dans le dos du saint qui tient la lance en main droite et le bouclier en main gauche. Sigle.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Legend of 7 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Une croisette précède la légende sur une même ligne. Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a[Ὁ ἅ]γιος bΓεώργ(ιος)
    rev
    1+ Κ[(ύρι)ε β]ο<ή>-
    2[θ(ει)] Μι[χα]ὴ<λ>
    3[β]εστ[ά]ρ[χ(ῃ) (καὶ)]
    4[μ(ε)γ(άλῳ)] οἰ[κο]νό-
    5μῳ τοῦ Τρο-
    6παιοφό-
    7ρ(ου)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. / + Κύριε βοήθει Μιχαὴλ βεστάρχῃ και μεγάλῳ οἰκονόμῳ τοῦ Τροπαιοφόρου.

    St. George. Lord help Michael, vestarches and grand oikonomos of the Tropaiophoros.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 122 .
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., Schlumberger, 1884 p. 46 ;
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1947.2.22 (Shaw 22) ;
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1958.106.171 (DO 58.106.17) .
    Further references
    PBW 2016, Michael 20144 .

    Footnotes