Seal of Basil, protospatharios, epi tou Chrysotriklinou, grand chartoularios of the genikon, judge of the Hippodromos, of the Hellas and of the Peloponneseshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-VIVZHn

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Fissure tout le long du canal qui menace de briser le sceau en deux parties; pressé et en partie oblitéré en son centre.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Basil
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
    ―
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
    ―
    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
    Collection and inventory
    Henri Seyrig Collection 325
    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. 21
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Buste de saint Marc, avec les cheveux courts, bénissant de la main droite et tenant en main gauche les Évangiles.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Legend of 7 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Légende précédée d'une croisette. Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    (Ὁ ἅγιος) Μάρ κος
    rev
    1[+ Β]ασιλ(είῳ)
    2(πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (ἐπὶ) (τοῦ) Χρ(υσοτρικλίνου)
    3μ(ε)γ(άλῳ) χ(α)ρ(τουλαρίῳ) τ(οῦ) γ(ενικοῦ) κρι-
    4τ(ῇ) ἐπὶ τ(οῦ) Ἱππ[ο-]
    5δρ(όμου) Πελοπ(οννήσου)
    6(καὶ) Ἑλλά-
    7δ(ος)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Μάρκος / + Βασιλείῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου μεγάλῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ τοῦ γενικοῦ κριτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἱπποδρόμου Πελοποννήσου καὶ Ἑλλάδος.

    St. Mark. Basil, protospatharios, epi tou Chrysotriklinou, grand chartoularios of the genikon, judge of the Hippodromos, of the Hellas and of the Peloponnese.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 179 .
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS 1951.31.5.49 (DO 55.1. 2240) ;
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS 1951.31.5.49 (DO 55.1. 2242) .
    Further references
    PBW 2016, Basileios 20120 .

    Footnotes