Seal of Theodotos, hypatos and imperial kourator (?)show 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. 26
    Weight (g)
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    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
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    Condition
    Rogné sur tout le pourtour; pressé et oblitéré en plusieurs points des deux faces; percé en son centre.

    Dating

    Date
    8th C., first half
    Internal date
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    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date
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    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Theodotos
    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 498
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Cruciform Marian monogram, of the Laurent V type, continued in the cantons by the name of the owner of the seal.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
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    Iconography
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    Decoration
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    Epigraphy
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    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
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    Iconography
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    Decoration
    Légende précédée d’une croisette accostée de deux fleurons.
    Epigraphy
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    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει) Θεωδώτῳ
    rev
    2ὑπάτ-
    3ῳ κ(αὶ) β(ασιλικῷ) κ-
    4ουρ[ά-]
    5τωρ[ι]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει Θεωδώτῳ / ὑπάτῳ καὶ βασιλικῷ κουράτωρι.

    Mother of God help Theodotos, hypatos and imperial kourator.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 93 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes