Seal of Kamateros (?)show empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-JXJo4F

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 34
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Well centered on a broad flan, the obverse is worn.

    Dating

    Date
    12th C., end-13th C., beginning
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Prosopography, Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Private patronymic seals
    Issuer
    Kamateros
    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 514
    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. 21
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Vierge de face, à mi-corps, sans le médaillon, orante, losange de perles sur les épaules du maphorion; de part et d'autre de l'effigie, sigle.
    Decoration
    Bordure de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Monogram
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aΜή(τη)[ρ] bΘ(εο)ῦ
    rev
    1(Καματηρός)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. / Καματηρός.

    Mother of God. / Kamateros.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes