Seal of Theodore (?) or Dorotheos (?)show empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-JOo2Rs

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 31
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    The blank is rather rectangular in shape, broken at the base, with very raised edges, and is double-struck (the right one by the type of the reverse, but not the reverse).

    Dating

    Date
    7th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Private seals
    Issuer
    Theodore,
    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 523
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Iconography and monogram
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Buste d’un évêque, portant une mitre (?) ou d’un moine (?)
    Decoration
    De part et d'autre de l'effigie, deux croisettes; bordure de feuillage
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Iconography and monogram
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Dans le champ à droite, orienté à 9 h, traces d’un buste de face dont l’empreinte figure au droit
    Decoration
    Bordure indéterminée
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    rev
    1 (Θεοδώρου)(?) vel (Δωροθέου)(?)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Θεοδώρου vel Δωροθέου.

    (Seal of) Theodore or Dorotheos.

    References

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    Unpublished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