SigiDoc: Seal of Theodotos, protospatharios and strategos of Melitene

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 26
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Execution: Struck
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Condition: Rogné fortement sur tout le sommet du champ ; entaillé à l’orifice inferieur du canal ; lettres nettement gravées.

Category: Provincial administration
Issuer: Theodotos
Milieu: Military
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 373
Acquisition: Donation by Henri Seyrig
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Language(s): *untranslated*
Layout of field: Iconography with legend in columns
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 23
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Iconography: Buste de saint Georges, cheveux bouclés, imberbe, en habit militaire, tenant dans sa main droite la lance et de sa gauche le bouclier.
Decoration: Cercle de grènetis.
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Layout of field: Legend of 5 lines
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 23
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Decoration: Cercle de grènetis. Légende précédée d’une croisette et suivie d’une perle accostée de deux tirets.
Epigraphy: ―

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^a[(Ὁ ἅγιος)] Γε(ώ)ρ ^b<γ>ιο[ς]

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1[+ Θεο-]
2δότ(ῳ) (πρωτο)σπ<α>-
3[θ]αρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) στρα-
4τ(η)γ(ῷ) Μελι-
5την(ῆ)ς

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Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. / + Θεοδότῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Μελιτηνῆς.

St. George. Theodotos, protospatharios and strategos of Melitene.

Edition(s): Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 184 .
Parallel(s): No parallels known
Further references: No further references