Seal of Marinos, epi tou koitonos and pinkernes of the emperor Romanosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-PBBIWv

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 25
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Rogné sur le pourtour; échancré aux orifices du canal, pressé et oblitéré en son centre; en voie d’oxydation.

    Dating

    Date
    10th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Reign, Titulature, *untranslated*
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Marinos
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
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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 465
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Cruciform monogram bearing an A or X at the centre of the cross, Ρ at the top, at the base, Μ at the left, and Ι-Ν ligatured at the right of the horizontal arm; circular invocative legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis; décor de fleurons dans les cantons
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 6 lines and circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Une croisette précède la légende sur la même ligne; cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Μαρίνος)
    obv
    1Κύριε βοήθει rev
    1+ ἐπὶ τοῦ
    2θ(ε)ωφυλάκ(του)
    3κοιτ(ῶνος) (καὶ) ἐπην-
    4κέρνῃ Ῥομα-
    5νοῦ τ(οῦ) φιλο-
    6χ(ρίστο)υ δεσπ(ότου)
    obv
    1(καὶ) πριμικ[ηρίῳ τοῦ β(ασιλικοῦ) β]εστρη[αρίου] ou [ὀ]στη[αρίῳ]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    2: Noter l’abréviation exceptionnelle après le θ de θεωφυλάκτου.

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει Μαρίνος /+ ἐπὶ τοῦ θεωφυλάκτου κοιτῶνος καὶ ἐπηνκέρνῃ Ῥομανοῦ τοῦ φιλοχρίστου δεσπότου.

    Lord help Marinos, keeper of the God-guarded bedchamber and pinkernes of the Christ-loving despot Romanos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Biliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 16 .
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., Laurent, Corpus, 2, 716 (Fogg 318 et 319) .
    Further references
    PmbZ Online, Marinos .