Seal of Basil, hypatos, archon of the blattion and genikos kommerkiariosshow 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. 28
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Échancré aux orifices du canal, surtout au sommet; droit, presque totalement oblitéré, le revers est oblitéré sur la gauche.

    Dating

    Date
    8th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature, Iconography
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Basil
    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 458
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Buste de deux empereurs (Léon III, Constantin V ?) tenant entre eux une longue croix (haste ornée d’un globule).
    Decoration
    Bordure indistincte
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Legend of 6 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Bordure indistincte
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    rev
    1<+> Βασ[ι-]
    2λείου ὑπάτ-
    3[ου ἄ]ρχοντ<ο>-
    4[ς τοῦ] βλατ[τ(ίου)]
    5(καὶ) γενικ(οῦ)
    6[κομ(μερκιαρίου)]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    + Βασιλείου ὑπάτου, ἄρχοντος τοῦ βλαττίου καὶ γενικοῦ κομμερκιαρίου.

    (Seal of) Basil, hypatos, archontes of the blattion and genikos kommerkiarios.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 76 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes