Seal of Anthimos, apo eparchonshow 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. 25
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Fortement échancré aux orifices du canal; lettres nettement gravées.

    Dating

    Date
    7th C. (end)-8th C. (beginning)
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Seals of dignitaries
    Issuer
    Anthimos
    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 355
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Cruciform marial monogram of type Laurent I
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Couronne de feuillage.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Couronne de feuillage; une croisette pattée précède le début de la légende sur une même ligne.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει)
    rev
    2+ Ἀν-
    3θίμῳ ἀπ-
    4ὸ ἐπάρ-
    5χων

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει / + Ἀνθίμῳ ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων.

    Mother of God help Anthimos apo éparchon.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Biliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 19 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes