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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-Kv44Sa

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Heavily worn around the edges; heavily corroded.

    Dating

    Date
    7th C., end - 8th C,. first half
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Iconography, Titulature, Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    John
    Milieu: Aristocracy
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Find place
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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 460
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig.

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Cruciform invocative marian monogram of type Laurent V.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Wreath border.
    Epigraphy
    The  is diamond-shaped.

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    No border visible.
    Epigraphy
    The ω is small.

    Images

    Seyrig 29 (Inv. 460), obverse.
    Seyrig 29 (Inv. 460), reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει)
    rev
    2[Ἰ]ωάν-
    3ν[ῃ] ὑπ-
    4άτῳ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1κ̣α-ΤΟ-Η-Β-
    rev
    2.ων
    3ν.υ̣π
    4τω

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει / Ἰωάννῃ ὑπάτῳ.

    Mother of God help John, hypatos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 29.
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references