Seal of Adrianos, strategetesshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-1bz5Fe

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 30
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Droit entaillé sur tout le champ; revers rogné fortement sur le pourtour.

    Dating

    Date
    Ca. 1040-ca. 1070
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Adrianos
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    AntiochAntakya
    Find place
    Berytos (Beirut)
    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 166
    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 d’un saint militaire, vêtu du paludamentum, tenant la lance en main droite, peut-être saint Théodore.
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a[(Ὁ ἅγιος) Θ]εό b[δωρος]
    rev
    1Σ[φ]ρ[αγ(ὶς)]
    2γραμ(μ)ά[τ(ων)]
    3Ἀδριαν(οῦ)
    4στρ(α)τιγ(έ)-
    5τ(ου)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Θεόδωρος / Σφραγὶς γραμμάτων Ἀδριανοῦ στρατιγέτου.

    St. Theodoros. Seal of the writings of Adrianos, strategetes.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 132 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes