Seal of Theodoros, imperial spatharios and protonotarios of the Boukellarioishow 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. 34
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Très mauvais état de conservation ; pressé et oblitéré dans la partie inferieure du champ ; les lettres sont peu marquées.

    Dating

    Date
    9th C., first half
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Theodoros
    Milieu: Civil
    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 345
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Traces of a cruciform monogram, of the Laurent V type, framed by the usual tetrasyllable.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 30
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 30
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Légende surmontée et suivie d’un losange de perles entre deux perles.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει) τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
    rev
    2+ Θεοδώ-
    3ρῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) (πρωτο)-
    4νοταρί(ῳ) τῷν
    5Βουκε[λα(ρίων)]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Θεοδώρῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ πρωοτονοταρίῳ τῷν Βουκελαρίων.

    Mother of God help your servant Theodoros, imperial spatharios and protonotarios of the Boukellarioi.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 169 .
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., Zacos, 1, 2461 ;
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1958.106.961 (DO 61.59.23-938) .
    Further references
    PBE, 1, Theodoros 299 .

    Footnotes