Seal of Nikolaos, apo eparchonshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-ER2GOU

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Struck off-center; lower edge sharply raised; one-third trimmed along the entire upper part; letters smudged.

    Dating

    Date
    7th C., end
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Iconography, Titulature, Epigraphy, Parallel
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Nikolaos (PmbZ: Nikolaos 5543)
    Milieu: Aristocracy
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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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 300
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig.

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Cruciform invocative marian monogram of type Laurent I above iconography.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Eagle, facing, looking to the right with outstretched wings; between the wings, a cruciform monogram.
    Decoration
    Wreath border.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Wreath border; cross at the beginning of the legend on the same line.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Seyrig 20 (Inv. 300), obverse.
    Seyrig 20 (Inv. 300), reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει)
    rev
    2[+] Νικ-
    3[ολ]άῳ ἀ-
    4πὸ ἐπάρ-
    5χων

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1Η-ΤΟ-Κ-Β-Θ
    rev
    2.ν̣ικ
    3..αωα
    4π̣οεπαρ
    5χων

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει / + Νικολάῳ ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων.

    Mother of God help Nikolaos, apo eparchon.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 20.
    Parallel(s)
    Bibliothèque de l’Académie Roumaine, Bucarest, Laurent, coll. Orghidan, 1952, 296;
    Zacos, 1, 664a;
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., BZS.1958.106.5407, BZS.1958.106.723, BZS.1958.106.709 et BZS.1958.106.718 = DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1958.106.5407, BZS.1958.106.723, BZS.1958.106.709 et BZS.1958.106.718 (= Zacos, 1, 664b).
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes