SigiDoc: Seal of John Kourkouas, anthypatos and patrikios

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 24
Weight (g): ―
Channel orientation (clock): ―
Axis (clock): ―
Overstrike orientation (clock): ―
Execution: Struck
Countermark: ―
Condition: Overstruck over a much larger former imprint; chipped at the channel openings; a bit buldged and slightly broken along the channel.

Category: Dignitaries
Issuer: John Kourkouas
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 664
Acquisition: Donation by Henri Seyrig.
Previous locations: ―
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Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Legend of 4 lines.
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 18
Matrix: ―
Iconography: ―
Decoration: At the beginning of the legend, on the same line, a cross between; below the legend, on a separate line, a diamond shaped decoration made of dots; the last line is between decorative lines.
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Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Legend of 4 lines.
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 18
Matrix: ―
Iconography: ―
Decoration: Above and below the legend, a dot between decorative lines; at the end of the legend, on the same line, a dot.
Epigraphy: ―

obv

1Κ(ύρι)ε βο-
2ήθει τῷ
3σῷ δούλῳ
4Ἰω(άννῃ)

rev

5ἀνθυ-
6π(άτῳ) πατρι-
7κ(ίῳ) τῷ Κουρ-
8κούᾳ

obv

1Κ̅Ε̅ο
2ηθειτ
3σδλ
4Ι̣


rev

  
5νθυ
6ππτρι
7κτκρ
8κ
  

None.

+ Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ / ἀνθυπάτῳ πατρικίῳ τῷ Κουρκούᾳ.

Lord help your servant John Kourkouas, anthypatos and patrikios.

Edition(s): Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 48.
Parallel(s): No parallels known
Further references: No further references