Seal of Magnus, kourator and kommerkiaros of Theoupolis (Antioch).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. 30-40
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Uniface; fissuré et craquelé; largement entaillé sur la gauche, brisé dans sa partie inférieure; empreinte d’un tissu grossier au revers.

    Dating

    Date
    6th C., second half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature, Onomastics
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Magnus
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
    Tyre (Ṣūr)
    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 681
    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
    Bustes nimbés de Justin II (?) et Sophie (?).
    Decoration
    Bordure
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1[Τ]οῦ Θείου οἴκ(ου) τοῦ
    2[ὑπο] Μάγνον ἐν[δ-]
    3[οξ(ότατον)] κουράτ(ορα) (καὶ) κο-
    4[μ]μερκ(ιάριον) Θ(εο)υπ(όλεως)
    rev

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Τοῦ Θείου οἴκου τοῦ ὑπο Μάγνον ἐνδοξότατον κουράτορα και κομμερκιάριον Θεουπόλεως.

    Of the divine house dependent on Magnus, most glorious kourator, kommerkiarios of Theoupolis (Antioch).

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 136a ; Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., Zacos, 1, 130 ,
    Parallel(s)

    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., Oikonomides, 1986, 5 ,
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes