Seal of N., vestarches, judge of the Hippodromos and of the Charsianon.show empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-Hhdmqj

    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
    Décentré vers le sommet et rogné très fortement dans sa moitié supérieure; les lettres ont peu marqué le plomb.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., third quarter
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    *untranslated*, Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    N.
    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 339
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23,5
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Vierge Nikopoios, à mi-corps, tenant le médaillon de l’enfant; le nimbe de la Vierge est de grande taille.
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 or 6 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23,5
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis. Légende suivie d'une petite croix décorée de quatre perles.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    rev
    1...... <βε>-
    2<σ>τάρ(χη) κρ<ιτ><(ῇ)>
    3[ἐ]π(ὶ) τοῦ Ἱππ<ο>-
    4δ(ρόμου) (καὶ) τοῦ Χαρ-
    5σιαν(οῦ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    ..... βεστάρχη κριτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἱπποδρόμου καὶ τοῦ Χαρσιανοῦ.

    .... vestarches, judge of the Hippodromos and of the Charsianon.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 175 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes