Seal of Panaretos, hypatosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-UXOIvb

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 28
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Worn around the edges; torn and chipped along the channel openings; partially effaced and obliterated along the right edge on both sides; corroded; large letters.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Panaretos
    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 396
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig.

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Cruciform monogram, probably of the Laurent V type, framed by the usual tetrasyllable
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 25
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    No border visible.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 25
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Traces of a wreath border; a cross at the beginning of the legend.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

    Seyrig 32 (Inv. 396), obverse.
    Seyrig 32 (Inv. 396), reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει)
    obv
    a[τ]ῷ bσῷ c[δ]ού dλ[ῶ]
    rev
    2+ Παν[α-]
    3ρέτῳ [ὑ-
    4πά]τῳ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1.-..-η-.-θ
    obv
    a. bΣ c.̣ dΛ̣.
    rev
    2αν.
    3ρετω̣.
    4..τω̣

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Παναρέτῳ ὑπάτῳ.

    Mother of God help your servant Panateros hypatos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 32.
    Parallel(s)
    Musée Numismatique, Athènes, Konstantopoulos, coll. Athens, 1917, 568.
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes