Seal of Basil, monk and exarchshow 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. 20
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Légèrement rogné à droite; légèrement échancré aux orifices du canal.

    Dating

    Date
    10th C., second-third third
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    Basil
    Milieu: Secular Church
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
    Constantinople (Istanbul)
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
    ―
    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
    Collection and inventory
    Henri Seyrig Collection 814
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 15
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Croix patriarcale recroisetée au dessus de deux degrés. À l’extrémité des traverses, globules. Deux fleurons sortent de la base jusqu’à mi-champ.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 15
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis. Légende précédée d’une croisette, surmontée et suivie de trois perles.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Κ(ύρι)ε β(οήθει) τῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ)
    rev
    2+ Βασι-
    3λ(εί)ῳ μ(ο)-
    4ναχῷ (καὶ)
    5ἐξάρχ(ῳ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. / + Βασιλείῳ μοναχῷ καὶ ἐξάρχῳ.

    Lord help your servant / Basil, monk and exarch.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Footnotes