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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-Dz8Off

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 15
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Well centered on a broad blank; pressed and obliterated on both sides; top edge raised.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Private seals
    Issuer
    Ignatios
    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 492
    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. 11
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Saint Eustathe de face, en buste, tenant une croisette; 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. 11
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis; ; une croisette précède la légende sur une même ligne; avant la légende, sur une ligne séparée, une perle accostée de deux tirets.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    (Ὁ ἃγιος) [Εὐ] στάθ(ιος)
    rev
    1+Ἰγνάτ(ιον)
    2μάρτ(υς) Εὐ-
    3στάθιε
    4σκέπ(ε)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἃγιος Εὐστάθιος. / +Ἰγνάτιον μάρτυς Εὐστάθιε σκέπε.

    Saint Eustathios. / Martyr Eustathios shelter Ignatios.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Footnotes