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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-XX7iE3

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Trimmed at lower right, pressed, obliterated at base of reverse.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., last third-12th C., beginning
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Private seals
    Issuer
    Constantine
    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 334
    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. 15
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Buste de saint Grégoire le Théologien, nimbé, avec la barbe courte; dans le champ, de part et d'autre de l'effigie, épigraphe en colonne.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Metrical legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 15
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis; avant la légende, sur une ligne séparée, une croisette accostée de deux tirets.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    (Ὁ ἃγιος) Γρηγόρι ος ὁ Θεολ(ό)γ(ος)
    rev
    1Φύλαξ
    2πέφυκα
    3τῶν λόγ(ων)
    4Κων(σταντίνου)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἃγιος Γρηγόριος ὁ Θεολόγος. / Φύλαξ πέφυκα τῶν λόγων Κωνσταντίνου.

    Saint Gregory the Theologian. / I am the custodian of Constantine's words.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Footnotes