Seal of Nikolaos, dioiketes of Stratoniceashow 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. 16
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Très fortement rogné dans sa partie supérieure et à droite, sinon gravure nette.

    Dating

    Date
    9th century C., first half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    *untranslated*, Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Nikolaos
    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 315
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Invocative monogram of the type Laurent V.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 16
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Couronne de feuillage. Des croix cantonnent le monogramme.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 16
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Légende précédée d'une croisette. Couronne de feuillage.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει)
    rev
    2[+ Νικολ-]
    3<ά>ῳ διο[ι]<κ-
    4η><(τῇ)> Στρατο-
    5νικία(ς)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει / + Νικολάῳ διοικητῇ Στρατονικίας.

    Mother of God help Nikolaos, dioiketes of Stratonicea.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 194 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes