Seal of Niketas Raoul, nobelissimosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-DL5eG1 - PBW ID: boulloterion 454

    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
    Chipped at the bottom, with almost the entire last line missing; several cracks on the reverse; signs of oxidation.

    Dating

    Date
    12th C., first half
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Prosopography, Parallel
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Niketas Raoul(PBW: Niketas 20122)
    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 390
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig.

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of the Virgin, orans, carrying the medallion of Christ in front of her. Sigla.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 6 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots; above the legend, on a separate line, a cross; the last line is between decorative lines.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

    Seyrig 43 (Inv. 390), obverse.
    Seyrig 43 (Inv. 390), reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aΜή(τη)ρ bΘ(εο)ῦ
    rev
    1Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2[Ν]ικήτᾳ
    3νωβελι-
    4σ(ί)μο το Ῥ-
    5αού-
    6[λ]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    a̅ bΘ̅Υ̅
    rev

    1κεθ
    2.ικητ
    3νελι
    4σμοτορ
    5̣ο̣υ
    6...

    Apparatus

    2: L’absence de marque d’abréviation après le τ de Nicétas exclut la lecture protonobélissime.

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. / Κύριε βοήθει Νικήτᾳ νωβελισίμο το͂ͅ Ῥαούλ.

    Mother of God. Lord, help Niketas Raoul, nobelissimos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 43.
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., BZS.1951.31.5.724, BZS.1955.1.3448 = DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1951.31.5.724 (Fogg 724) and BZS.1955.1.3448.
    Berlin, Nr. 378 = Sode, coll. Berlin, 1997, no. 378.
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes