Seal of the emperor Manuel I Komnenosshow 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. 35
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Fortement rogné sur le côté droit.

    Dating

    Date
    1068-1071
    Internal date
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    Dating criteria
    Prosopography, Iconography, Reign
    Alternative date
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    History

    Category
    Imperial seals
    Issuer
    Manuel I
    Milieu: Imperial
    Gender: -
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
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    Find date
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    Find circumstances
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    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    French National Library, Department of Coins, Medals and Antiquities
    Collection and inventory
    Henri Seyrig Collection 137
    Acquisition
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    Previous locations
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    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Buste du Christ (du type Emmanuel), avec le nimbe crucigère, bénissant de la main droite et tenant le volumen de la main gauche.
    Decoration
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    Epigraphy
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    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
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    Iconography
    The emperor is represented, standing, frontally, wearing the stemma; he is dressed with the loros and holds in his right hand the labarum and in his left hand the akakia.
    Decoration
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    Epigraphy
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    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1<Ἰ>(ησοῦ)ς Χ(ριστό)ς
    obv
    1<ὁ><Ἐ>μμανουήλ
    rev
    1 Μανουὴλ δεσπότης [ὁ πορφυρογέννητος]

    Diplomatic

    rev

    Legend and translation

    Μανουὴλ δεσπότης ὁ πορφυρογέννητος.

    Manuel despotes, the porphyrogennetos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Biliothèque Nationale de France, Paris Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 8 .
    Parallel(s)
    Médailler Pontifical, Vatican, Rome, , 13 ;
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., Zacos, 1, 107a ;
    Münzkabinett des Kunsthistorischen Museums, Vienne, BBÖ, 1, 29b ;
    Further references
    PBW 2016, Manuel 1 .