Seal of John Solomon, dikaiodotès (?)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. 23
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Échancré aux orifices du canal ; petites entailles au revers ; nettement gravé.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., last third-12th C., beginning
    Internal date
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    Dating criteria
    Prosopography, Parallel, Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    John Solomon
    Milieu: Civil
    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
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
    Collection and inventory
    Henri Seyrig Collection 473
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    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)
    Diam. 17
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Vierge assise sur un trône dont le dossier, très stylisé, se termine par trois perles ; elle tient le médaillon, ici de forme ovale, de l’Enfant sur sa poitrine. Sigle. On notera la négligence du graveur du boullôtèrion qui a gravé à l’envers la seconde partie de la légende.
    Decoration
    Filet.
    Epigraphy
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    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 17
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Filet.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aΜ(ήτηρ) bΘ(εο)ῦ
    rev
    1Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2τῷ σῷ δού-
    3λῳ Ἰω(άννῃ) Σολ[ο-]
    4μ(ῶν)τι τῷ δι-
    5(και)οδότ(ῃ)(?)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. / Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ Σολομῶντι τῷ δικαιοδότῃ (?).

    Mother of God. Mother of God help your servant John Solomon, dikaiodotes.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 95 .
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1955.1.3323 (DO 55.65.16-2700) .
    Further references
    Münzkabinett des Kunsthistorischen Museums, Vienne, BBÖ, 1, p. 300 n. 10 .

    Commentary

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