Seal of John, protoproedros and doux of Antiochshow 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. 29
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Rogné au pourtour, légèrement échancré aux orifices du canal.

    Dating

    Date
    1057-1080
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Onomastics, Parallel, Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    John
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Antioch/Antakya
    Find place
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    Find date
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    Find circumstances
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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 735
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Saint Théodore, debout, en costume militaire, tenant en main droite une lance, et s’appuyant en main gauche sur un bouclier.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis. Légende surmontée d’une croisette entre deux tirets.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aὉ ἅγιο(ς) bΘεόδωρ(ος)
    rev
    1Ἰω(άννης) (πρωτο)πρό-
    2εδρο(ς) καὶ
    3δοὺξ Ἀν-
    4τιοχ[ε]ί-
    5ας

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Θεόδωρος / Ἰωάννης πρωτοπρόεδρος καὶ δοὺξ Ἀντιοχείας.

    St. Theodoros. John, protoproedros and doux of Antioch.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 160 .
    Parallel(s)
    Schlumberger, 1884, p. 311, n° 5.
    Further references
    Laurent, 1962, p. 252-253; PBW 2016, Ioannes 20159 .

    Footnotes