Seal of Philaretos Brachamios, protosebastos and domestikos of the Eastshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-XDowZT

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 25-22
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Usé; rogné et fortement entaillé sur tout le bord gauche.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., end
    Internal date
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    Dating criteria
    Onomastics, Prosopography, Historical context, Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Philaretos Brachamios
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
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    Find date
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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 646
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
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    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Saint Théodore nimbé, debout, en costume militaire, tenant de la main droite une lance et la main gauche appuyée sur son bouclier.
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy
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    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Legend of 6 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
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    Iconography
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    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a[Ὁ ἅγιος] Θε(ό)δ(ωρος)
    rev

    1Δομέσ-
    2[τ]ικον Ἑῴα<ς>
    3ἀθλητ(ὰ) σκέ<π>-
    4οις πρῶτο[ν] <σε>-
    5βαστῶν [Φι-]
    6λάρετ[ο]<ν>
    7<Βρ>[αχάμ(ην)]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Θεόδωρος. / Δομέστικον Ἑῴας ἀθλητὰ σκέποις | πρῶτον σεβαστῶν Φιλάρετον Βραχάμην.

    St. Theodoros. Martyr may you protect Philaretos Brachamios, protosebastos and domestikos of the East.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 192 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    PBW 2016, Philaretos 101 .

    Footnotes