Seal of Strategios, imperial priestshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-Ari6Z5

    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
    Brisé le long de la ligne du canal et dont la moitié droite a disparu; entailles légères sur la partie conservée.

    Dating

    Date
    10th C., second half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    Strategios
    Milieu: Secular Church
    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 484
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Buste de saint Thomas, nimbé, imberbe, avec une abondante chevelure.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis. Légende précédée d’une croisette.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1ἅγιε Θωμ<ᾶ βοήθει>
    rev
    2<+> <Σ>τρ-
    3<ατ>ηγί(ῳ) β-
    4<ασ>ιλικ(ῷ)
    5[π]ρεσβ-
    6υτέ[ρ(ῳ)]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    ἅγιε Θωμᾶ βοήθει. / + Στρατηγίῳ βασιλικῷ πρεσβυτέρῳ.

    St. Thomas help Strategios, imperial priest.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Footnotes