Seal of Carin (?) or Nektarios (?) or Keranos (?)show empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-czWHia

    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
    Strongly indented at the openings of the canal.

    Dating

    Date
    7th C., end-8th C., first third
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Iconography, Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Private seals
    Issuer
    Carin ?
    Milieu: Private
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
    ―
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
    ―
    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
    Collection and inventory
    Henri Seyrig Collection 743
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography and monogram
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    La Vierge Hodègètria, tenant l’Enfant sur fe bras gauche, debout de face; dans le champ, de part et d'autre de l'effigie, deux monogrammes.
    Decoration
    Bordure de feuillage
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Monogram
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε) (βοήθει)
    rev
    2 (Καρίνου)(?) vel (Νεκταρίου)(?) vel (Κεράνου)(?)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    2: La première solution semble la plus probable.

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει / Καρίνου (?) or Νεκταρίου (?) or Κεράνου (?).

    Mother of God help Karinos or Nektarios (?) or Keranos (?).

    References

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    Unpublished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