Seal of Floros, hypatosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 29
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Struck off-center to the left and effaced on the right; deep notch on the left side on the reverse.

    Dating

    Date
    7th C., end
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Iconography, Titulature, Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Floros
    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 353
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig.

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Cruciform invocative marian monogram of type Laurent V above iconography.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Eagle, facing, looking to the right with outstretched wings; between the wings, a cruciform monogram.
    Decoration
    Wreath border.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Wreath border; above and below the legend, on separate lines, a cross; the second one between two fleurons.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

    Seyrig 28 (Inv. 353), obverse.
    Seyrig 28 (Inv. 353), reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει)
    rev
    2Φλόρ-
    3ου ὑπ-
    4άτου

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1Κ-ΤΟ-Η-Β-Θ
    rev

    2λορ̣
    3ουυπ
    4ατου
      

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει / Φλόρου ὑπάτου.

    Mother of God help Floros, hypatos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 28.
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes