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
    Heavily chipped at the channel openings; letters clearly visible and well struck.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Anthimos
    Milieu: Aristocracy
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    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 355
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig.

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Cruciform invocative marial monogram of type Laurent I.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Wreath border.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Wreath border; cross potent at the beginning of the legend on the same line.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

    Seyrig 19 (Inv. 355), obverse.
    Seyrig 19 (Inv. 355), reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

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

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1-ΤΟ-Κ-Β-Θ
    rev
    2Ν
    3ΘΙΜΩΠ
    4ΟΕΠΡ
    5ΧΩΝ

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει / + Ἀνθίμῳ ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων.

    Mother of God help Anthimos apo éparchon.

    References

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

    Footnotes