Seal of Andronikos Kappadokes, megas logariastes and eparchshow 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. 32
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Bonne conservation, avec une légère échancrure à l’orifice inférieur du canal ; gravure nette.

    Dating

    Date
    12th C., first half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Epigraphy, Prosopography
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Andronikos Kappadokes
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
    Constantinople (Istanbul)
    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 689
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Légende précédée d’une croisette accostée de deux points.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Μέγας
    2λογιστὴς Ἀνι-
    3δρόνικὁς
    4 με γράφει
    rev
    5Ῥώμης
    6ἔπαρχος
    7τῆς Νέας
    8Καππαδό-
    9κης

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Μέγας λογιστὴς Ἀνδρόνικὁς με γράφει / Ῥώμης ἔπαρχος τῆς Νέας Καππαδόκης.

    Andronikos Kappadokes, megas logoriastes and eparch of the New Rome writes me.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 134 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes