Seal of Romanos N., protovestarches and anthypatosshow 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
    Très mauvaise conservation ; à la base, une grande entaille a détruit la fin de la légende ; en voie d’oxydation.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., last third
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Seals of dignitaries
    Issuer
    Romanos N.
    Milieu: Aristocracy
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
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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 332
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Buste de la Vierge Nikopoios, tenant le médaillon de l’Enfant.
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 or 6 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Au-dessus de la légende, une croisette accostée de deux tirets.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1[Θ(εοτό)κ]ε βοήθε[ι]
    rev
    2Ῥωμανῷ
    3πρωτοβεσ-
    4τάρχῃ κα[ὶ]
    5ἀ[ν]θυπάτ(ῳ)
    6[τῷ ...?...]
    7[⁦ - - - - - - - - - - ⁩]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει / Ῥωμανῷ πρωτοβεστάρχῃ και ἀνθυπάτῳ τῷ ...

    Theotokos help Romanos N., protovestarches and anthypatos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 62 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

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