SigiDoc: Seal of Constantinos Iasites

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 23
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Execution: Struck
Countermark: ―
Condition: Trimmed all around; indentation at the lower opening of the channel; pressed to the left of the reverse.

Category: Private patronymic seals
Issuer: Constantinos Iasites
Milieu: Private
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 455
Acquisition: Donation by Henri Seyrig
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Language(s): *untranslated*
Layout of field: Iconography with legend in columns
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 23
Matrix: ―
Iconography: Vierge en buste, de face, orante, portant le médaillon de l’Enfant, au type de l’Épiskepsis; de part et d'autre de l'effigie, sigle.
Decoration: Bordure indéterminée
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Layout of field: Legend of 5 lines
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 23
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Decoration: Bordure indéterminée; après la légende, sur une ligne séparée, une perle accostée de tirets
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[Μ(ήτη)ρ] Θ(εο)[ῦ]

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1<Θ(εοτό)>κε βοήθ(ει)
2[τ]ῷ σῷ δού[λ(ῳ)]
3Κωνσταντί-
4νῳ τῷ Ἰα-
5σίτ(ῃ)

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Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. / Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ τῷ Ἰασίτῃ.

Mother of God. / Mother of God help your servant Constantinos Iasites.

Edition(s): Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 302, PBW 2016, Konstantinos 125 .
Parallel(s): Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1947.2.963, DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1955.1.3061 . ANS Mabbott 65; Musée d’Istanbul, fonds Diogène n. 37 (914).
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