Seal of Adrianos, protospatharios and domestikos of the ....show 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. 23
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Fortement rogné sur le pourtour ; au droit, troué au centre, le long de la ligne du canal ; pressé et oblitéré sur les deux faces.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., second third
    Internal date
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    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Adrianos
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
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    Find date
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    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 526
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Buste de saint Michel, tenant un sceptre à trois branches bouletées.
    Decoration
    ―
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
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    Decoration
    Légende précédée d'une croisette et surmontée d’une autre cantonnée par des perles.
    Epigraphy
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    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aΜι b[χα(ήλ)]
    rev
    1+ ᾈδρι-
    2[αν(ὸς)] (πρωτο)σπαθ(ά)-
    3[ρ(ιος) (καὶ)] δομέσ-
    4[τ(ικος) τ]ῶν β(ασιλικῶν)
    5[(ἑβδο)]μαρ(ίων) (?)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Μιχαήλ / + ᾈδριανὸς πρωτοσπαθάριος και δομέστικος τῶν βασιλικῶν ἑβδομαρίων (?).

    Michael. Adrianos, protospatharios and domestikos of the imperial hebdomarion (?).

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 124 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes