Seal of Niketas Moschianos (?), magistrosshow 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. 15
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Worn; obliterated on the left on the revers; torn along the channel on the reverse; chipped at the channel openings.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., end
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Prosopography, Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Niketas Moschianos?
    Milieu: Aristocracy
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Find place
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    Find date
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    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 480
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig.

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of the Virgin orans, with the medallion of Christ. Sigla.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots; cross at the beginning of the legend on the same line and below the legend, an indistinct decoration.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

    Seyrig 41 (Inv. 480), obverse.
    Seyrig 41 (Inv. 480), reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aΜ(ήτηρ) bΘ(εοῦ)
    rev
    1Θ[(εοτό)κε β](οή)θ(ει)
    2[Νικ]ήτᾳ
    3[μαγ]ίστρ(ῳ)
    4τῷ Μο[σ(?)-]
    5χιαν(ῷ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    aΜ̅ bΘ̅
    rev
    1θ̣...θ̣
    2...η̣τα
    3...ιστρ̣
    4τμο.
    5χ̣ιαν,
    ...

    Apparatus

    4: Μο[σ]χιανός, Μο[νο]χιανός:

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ / + Θεοτόκε βοήθει Νικήτᾳ μαγίστρῳ τῷ Μοσχιανῷ (?).

    Mother of God. + Mother of God help Niketas Moschianos (?), magistros.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 41.
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes