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a+[Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ει)] bτῷ σῷ δού(λῳ) c(ὁ ἃγιος) Γε dώργ(ιος)
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aΣερ[γ(ίῳ)] bτῷ Ῥωμ(αίῳ) c(ὁ ἃγιος) Θεόδ[ωρ] dο(ς)
SigiDoc ID: s-BKeqOw
Artifact
- Type
- Seal
- Matrix
- SigiDoc ID: m-vMaKOS
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
- Seal in the process of complete oxidation, especially on the reverse; well centred.
Dating
- Date
- 11th C., end-12th C., first half
- Internal date
- ―
- Dating criteria
- Epigraphy
- Alternative date
- ―
History
- Category
- Private seals
- Issuer
- Undetermined
Milieu: Private
Gender: - - Place of origin
- Byzantine Empire
- Find place
- ―
- Find date
- ―
- 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 544
- Acquisition
-
Donation by Henri Seyrig
- Previous locations
- ―
- Modern observations
- ―
Obverse
- Language(s)
- *untranslated*
- Layout of field
- Iconography with legend in columns
- Field dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 20
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- Saint Georges de face, en pied, tenant la lance en main droite et le bouclier en main gauche; de part et d'autre de l'effigie, épigraphe en colonne
- Decoration
- Cercle de grènetis
- Epigraphy
- ―
Reverse
- Language(s)
- ―
- Layout of field
- Iconography with legend in columns
- Field dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 20
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- ―
- Decoration
- Saint Théodore (Tirôn ou Stratélatès) de face, en pied, dans la même attitude que saint Georges; cercle de grènetis
- Epigraphy
- ―
Edition
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Apparatus
None.
Legend and translation
+Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Ὁ ἃγιος Γεώργιος. / Σεργίῳ τῷ Ῥωμαίῳ. Ὁ ἃγιος Θεόδωρος.
Lord, help your servant. Saint George. / Serge the Roman. Saint Theodore.
References
- Edition(s)
- Unpublished
- Parallel(s)
- No parallels known
- Further references
- No further references
Footnotes