Seal of Stephen Doukas, sebastos show empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Bonne conservation ; lettres nettement gravées.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Seals of dignitaries
    Issuer
    Stephen Doukas
    Milieu: Civil
    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 356
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis; avant la légende, sur une ligne séparée, une croisette accostée de deux tirets.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis; avant et après la légende, sur deux lignes séparées, une perle accostée de deux tirets.
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Σφραγ(ὶς)
    2σεβαστοῦ
    3Στεφά-
    4νου
    rev
    5Δου-
    6κῶν γέ-
    7νος

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Σφραγὶς σεβαστοῦ Στεφάνου / Δουκῶν γένος.

    Seal of the sebastos Stephen, of the Doukas family.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 66 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes