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

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-hsP845

    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
    Strongly indented at the lower opening of the channel; off-centre to the right on the obverse and to the left on the reverse; blistered on both sides.

    Dating

    Date
    7th C., end
    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 502
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Monogram
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Couronne de lauriers
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Monogram
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Couronne de lauriers
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς βοήθει)(?)
    rev
    2 (Θεοδώρου)(?) vel (Δωροθέου)(?)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς βοήθει / Θεοδώρου vel Δωροθέου.

    Lord God, help Theodore or Dorotheou.

    References

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    Unpublished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