Seal of Nikolaos Myrelaites (?), imperial protospatharios (?) and strategos of Archeshshow 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. 24
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Fortement rogné au sommet et à la base ; l’effigie est partiellement oblitérée ainsi que la partie gauche du revers.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., ca second quarter
    Internal date
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    Dating criteria
    Prosopography, Onomastics, Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Nikolaos Myrelaites
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    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 10
    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. 23
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Buste d’un saint militaire (Dèmétrios?) barbu, aux cheveux courts et frisés.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Legend of 6 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aὉ ἅγι[ο(ς)] b[Δημήτρ(ιος)]
    rev
    1<Ν>ικολά(ῳ)
    2<(πρωτο)>σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ)
    3<σ>τρατ(η)γ(ῷ)
    4<Ἀ>[ρ]τεσίου
    5<τ>[ῷ] Μυρ(ε)-
    6[λ]αήτ(ῃ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    5-6: τ(ῷ) [Ἀ]μυῤ-[τζ]αντ(αρίῳ) ou Μυρ-[τ]αήτ(ῃ): D’autres solutions sont possibles.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Δημήτριος. / Νικολάῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Ἀρτεσίου τῷ Μυρελαήτῃ.

    St. Demetrios.Nikolaos Myrelaites (?), imperial protospatharios (?) and strategos of Archesh.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 168 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes