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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Trimmed at the base; notch to the left of the obverse; diagonal notch all over the reverse.

    Dating

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

    Category
    Private seals
    Issuer
    Theodore
    Milieu: Private
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    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 448
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
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    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 17
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Buste de saint Georges (?), tenant la lance en main droite et le bouclier en main gauche; dans le champ, de part et d'autre de l'effigie, sigle.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 17
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis; avant la légende, sur une ligne séparée, trois tirets; avant le début de la légende, sur une même ligne, une croisette.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a[(Ὁ ἃγιος) Γ]εώρ bγιος
    rev
    1+Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2τῷ σῷ δού-
    3λῳ Θεο-
    4[δ]ώρῳ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἃγιος Γεώργιος. / +Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοδώρῳ.

    Saint George. / Lord help your servant Theodore.

    References

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    Unpublished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