Seal of Plotinos, kandidatos and imperial spathariosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-Vi8oht

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Chipped at the channel openings; well centered; letters well struck.

    Dating

    Date
    7th C.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Prosopography, Titulature, Parallel
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Plotinos
    Milieu: Aristocracy
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    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 352
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig.

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Wreath border; above the legend, on a separate line, a cross.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Wreath border; above the legend, on a separate line, a cross.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

    Seyrig 23 (Inv. 352), obverse.
    Seyrig 23 (Inv. 352), reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Πλου-
    2τίνου
    3κανδι-
    4δάτ(ου)
    rev
    5καὶ βα-
    6σιλικοῦ
    7σπαθα-
    8ρίο[υ]

    Diplomatic

    obv

    1πλου
    2τινου
    3κανδι
    4δ̣ατ,
    rev
    5Καιβα
    6σιλικ
    7σπαθα̣
    8ριο̣.

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    + Πλουτίνου, κανδιδάτου καὶ βασιλικοῦ σπαθαρίου.

    (Seal of) Plotinos, candidatos and imperial spatharios.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 23.
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., BZS.1947.2.888 (Shaw 888) = Zacos, 1, 975; DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1947.2.888 (Shaw 888).
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes