Seal of Theognostos, imperial spatharokandidatos and tourmarchesshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-UW4ueh

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Fissuré sur toute la longueur du canal; oblitéré sur tout le tiers droit; revers orienté à 6 h. (au lieu de 12 habituellement).

    Dating

    Date
    9th C., end-10th C., beginning
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Theognostos
    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 920
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Croix potencée au-dessus de deux (?) degrés.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(- - -)
    rev
    1Θεογν[ό-]
    2στο βασ[ιλ-
    3ι]κο σπαθ[αρ(ο)]-
    4καν(διδάτῳ) κ(αὶ) [τ-]
    5ουρμ[ά(ρχῃ)]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    (- - -) / Θεογνόστο βασιλικο σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ τουρμάρχῃ.

    Theognostos, imperial spatharokandidatos and tourmarches.

    References

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    Unpublished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