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
    Échancrure aux orifices du canal; bien centré; lettres bien frappées.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Seals of dignitaries
    Issuer
    Plotinos
    Milieu: Civil
    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 352
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Couronne de feuillage; avant la légende, sur une ligne séparée, une croisette.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Couronne de feuillage; avant la légende, sur une ligne séparée, une croisette.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Πλου-
    2τίνου
    3κανδι-
    4δἁτ(ου)
    rev
    5καὶ βα-
    6σιλικοῦ
    7σπαθα-
    8ρίο<υ>

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    + Πλουτίνου, κανδιδἁτου καὶ βασιλικοῦ σπαθαρίου.

    (Seal of) Plotinos, candidatos and imperial spatharios.

    References

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

    Footnotes