Seal of Athenogenesshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-nncHP8

    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
    Notched at the top of the channel, blisters on both sides of the seal, off-centre to the right.

    Dating

    Date
    6th C., end-7th C., first half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Parallel, Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Private seals
    Issuer
    Athenogenes
    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 587
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Couronne de feuillage
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Couronne de feuillage
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Athe-
    2noge-
    3nus
    rev
    4Ἀθη-
    5νογέ-
    6νους

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Athenogenus. / Ἀθηνογένους.

    Athenogenes. / Athenogenes.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 325 .
    Parallel(s)
    Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Schlumberger, 1881, 1, p. 73, Speck, coll. Berlin, 1986, 160, Coll. marquis de Vogue.
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes