Seal of Michael, bishop of Charioupolisshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-24Mfhu

    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
    Décentré vers la gauche, flan beaucoup plus grand que le sceau; boursouflure courant le long du canal.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature, Iconography
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    Michael
    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 292
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 17
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Edifice circulaire à coupole, surmonté d’une croix, représentant Sainte-Sophie de Constantinople.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 17
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis. Légende précédée d’une croisette, précédée et suivie d’un point accosté de deux tirets.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aἩ ἁγ(ία) bΣ(ο)φ(ία)
    rev
    1+ Μιχ-
    2α(ὴλ) ἐπισκ-
    3όπ(ῳ) Χαρ-
    4ιουπ(ό)λ(εως)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ἡ ἁγία Σοφία / Ἰωάννου σφράγισμα τοῦ Χαλκηδόνος.

    St. Sophia. Michael bishop of Charioupolis.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 239, Laurent, Corpus, 5.1, p. 335 (cet ex.), PBW 2016, Michael 20152 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes