Seal of John Paktiares, protonobelissimos and douxshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-piNCNu

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Décentré vers le haut; légères échancrures aux orifices du canal.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., end-12th C., first half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature, Prosopography
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    John Paktiares
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
    Berytos (Beirut)
    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 821
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Saint Théodore Tirôn et saint Théodore Stratèlatès, debout, orants, se faisant face. Devant eux, leurs boucliers dressés et derrière leurs lances fichées en terre. Entre eux, il y a peut-être dans la partie supérieure du champ un médaillon avec le buste du Christ; les saints seraient dans l’attitude de la Déèsis.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aΘεόδωρ(ος)
    rev

    1Σφράγι<σ><(μα)>
    2δουκ(ὸς) (πρωτο)νωβ[ε-]
    3λισσίμ(ου) Ἰω(άννου) μάρ-
    4τυρες τοῦ Πα-
    5κτιάρη

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Θεόδωρος. / Σφράγισμα δουκὸς πρωτονωβελισσίμου Ἰωάννου μάρτυρες τοῦ Πακτιάρη.

    St. Theodoros. / The sealing of the protonobelissimos and doux, martyrs, Ioannes Paktiares.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes