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Artifact
- Type
- Seal
- Matrix
- SigiDoc ID: m-ovXNJB
Physical description
- Medium
- Original impression
- Material
- Lead
- Shape
- Round
- Dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 25
- Weight (g)
- ―
- Channel orientation (clock)
- ―
- Axis (clock)
- ―
- Overstrike orientation (clock)
- ―
- Execution
- Struck
- Countermark
- ―
- Condition
- Slightly chipped at the lower channel opening; struck off-center towards the base on the obverse; oxidation spots on both sides.
Dating
- Date
- 6th C., second half - 7th C., first half
- Internal date
- ―
- Dating criteria
- Epigraphy, Titulature
- Alternative date
- ―
History
- Category
- Dignitaries
- Issuer
- George
Milieu: Aristocracy
Gender: Male - Place of origin
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- Find place
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- Find date
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- Find circumstances
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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 509
- Acquisition
-
Donation by Henri Seyrig.
- Previous locations
- ―
- Modern observations
- ―
Obverse
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Cruciform monogram composed of a γ with a above it at the top, an ω at the bottom, a ρ and an at the ends of the horizontal bar; certain solution: Γεωργίου (type Zacos 79).
- Field dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- ―
- Decoration
- Border of dots.
- Epigraphy
- ―
Reverse
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Cruciform monogram composed of a τ with a above it at the top, an λ at the bottom, a ρ and an at the ends of the horizontal bar; certain solution: ἰλλουστρίου (type Zacos 221).
- Field dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- ―
- Decoration
- Linear border.
- Epigraphy
- ―
Images
- Seyrig 35 (Inv. 509), obverse.
- Seyrig 35 (Inv. 509), reverse.
Edition
Legend and translation
Γεωργίου / ἰλλουστρίου.
(Seal of) George, illoustrios.
References
- Edition(s)
- Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 35.
- Parallel(s)
- No parallels known
- Further references
- No further references
Footnotes