Seal of Nikephoros Antiochos (?), magistros and vestesshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 30
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Bulged along the left side; obliterated on the obverse on the left and on the reverse on the right; chipped at the lower channel opening.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., ca. 1050-1070
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Prosopography
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Nikephoros Antiochos
    Milieu: Aristocracy
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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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 978
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig.

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of the Virgin, holding the Child on her left side. Sigla.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 6 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots; cross at the beginning of the legend; below the legend, on a separate line, a cross with dots in the corners between two decorative lines.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

    Seyrig 38 (Inv. 978), obverse.
    Seyrig 38 (Inv. 978), reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a[Μ(ήτη)ρ] bΘ(εο)ῦ
    rev
    1+ Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ)
    3Νικηφόρῳ
    4μαγίστρω [(καὶ)]
    5βέστῃ [τῷ]
    6Ἀντι[όχῳ(?)]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    a.. bΘ̅Υ̅
    rev
    1Θ̅Κ̅Ε̅,θ,
    2τσδ
    3νικηορ̣
    4μαγιστρ̣.
    5εστη..
    6αντι...
      

    Apparatus

    6: Ἀντι[οχεῖ], Ἀντι[οχήτῃ], Ἀντι[όχῳ]: La perte des dernières lettres terminant le patronyme interdit de choisir de façon sûre entre Antiocheus, Antiochitès et Antiochos.

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ / + Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικηφόρῳ μαγίστρω καὶ βέστῃ τῷ Ἀντιόχῳ.

    Mother of God. Theotokos aid your servant Nikephoros Antiochos, magistros and vestes.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 38.
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes