Seal of Andreas, hypatosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-KP8EsB

    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
    Trimmed along the upper left part; corroded indentations on both sides; blank too large for the die.

    Dating

    Date
    7th C., second half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Andreas
    Milieu: Aristocracy
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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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 319
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig.

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Cruciform monogram of the type Laurent I.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Wreath border.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Wreath border; above and below the legend, on separate lines, a cross.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Seyrig 27 (Inv. 319), obverse.
    Seyrig 27 (Inv. 319), reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει)
    rev
    2Ἀνδρ-
    3[έ]α ὑπ-
    4[ά]του

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1-ΤΟ-Κ-Β-Θ
    rev

    2ανδρ
    3.αυπ
    4.του

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει / Ανδρέα ὑπάτου.

    Mother of God help Andreas hypatos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 27.
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes