Seal of Anastasios Kyritzesshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-zaRJM0

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    A few nicks have led to points of oxidation, otherwise nice strike.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., last third
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    *untranslated*, Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Private patronymic seals
    Issuer
    Anastasios Kyritzes
    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 324
    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. 17
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Bust of St. Basil, making with the right hand the gesture of the speech and holding in the left hand the book of the Gospels decorated with pearls. Sigle.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 17
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis; une croisette précède la légende sur une même ligne.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a(Ὁ ἃγιος) Βασ[ί] bλ(ει)[ος]
    rev
    1+Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2[Ἀ]ναστα-
    3σίῳ τῷ
    4Κυρί-
    5τζῃ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Βασίλειος. / Κύριε βοήθει Ἀναστασίῳ τῷ Κυρίτζῃ.

    Saint Basil. / Lord help Anastasios Kyritzes.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 307 .
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., (Fogg 2194) DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1955.1.3127, DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1955.1.3126, DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1951.31.5.2194, PBW 2016, Anastasios 20102 . Istanbul, série Osman n. 16.
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes