Seal of Isaakios, count and kommerkiariosshow 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. 22
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Échancré aux orifices du canal; légèrement décentré vers la gauche au revers et au droit.

    Dating

    Date
    8th C., beginning
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Isaakios
    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 660
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Cruciform Marian monogram, of the Laurent V type, framed by the usual tetrasyllable.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Couronne de feuillage.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Légende surmontée d’une croisette.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει) τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
    rev
    2[Ἰ]σα(α)κίῳ
    3κόμιτι (καὶ)
    4κομερκι-
    5αρίῳ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Ἰσαακίῳ κόμιτι καὶ κομερκιαρίῳ.

    Theotokos help your servant Isaakios, count and kommerkiarios.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 151 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    PBE, 1, Isaakios 13 .

    Footnotes