Seal of Theodoros Antiochites, patrikios and strategosshow 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. 31
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Légèrement échancré aux orifices du canal; bien centré; en voie d’oxydation.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., third quarter
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature, Prosopography
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Theodoros Antiochites
    Milieu: Military
    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 275
    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. 27
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Saint Théodore, nimbé, debout, portant la cuirasse et le manteau militaire, tenant la lance en main droite et dans sa main gauche, un bouclier de forme triangulaire.
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 7 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Bordure. Légende précédée d'une croisette, surmontée et suivie d'une perle accostée de deux tirets.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a(Ὁ ἅγιος) Θε(ό) bδ(ω)ρο(ς)
    rev
    1+ Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θει
    2τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ)
    3Θεοδώρ(ῳ)
    4π(ατ)ρικίῳ (καὶ)
    5στρατ(η)γ(ῷ)
    6τῶ Ἀντι-
    7οχ(ί)τ(ῃ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Θεόδωρος. / + Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοδώρῳ πατρικίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶ Ἀντιοχίτῃ.

    St. Theodoros. / Lord help your servant Theodoros Antiochites, patrikios and strategos.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Footnotes