Seal of Michael, asekretis and ek prosopou ton agelonshow 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. 25
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    ―
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Décentré vers le sommet; échancré aux orifices du canal; oblitéré sur les bords.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., second third
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Michael
    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 462
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    *untranslated*
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Buste de saint Michel, vêtu de la chlamyde, ailes largement éployées, tenant le sceptre bouleté de la main droite et le globe de la main gauche.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    ―
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis. Légende précédée d'une croisette et suivie d’un ornement composé d’un X cantonné de perles entre deux tirets.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aΜι bχα(ήλ)
    obv
    1...?...
    rev
    2 + Μιχα[ὴ(λ)]
    3ἀσηκρῆτ(ις)
    4(καὶ) ἐκ προ-
    5σ(ώ)π(ου) τῶυ ἀ
    6γελῶ(ν)
    obv
    rev

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Μιχαήλ. ...?... / Μιχαὴλ ἀσηκρῆτις καὶ ἐκ προσώπου τῶυ ἀγελῶν.

    St. Michael. ...?... Michael, asekretis and ek prosopou of the herds.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 99 .
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., Zacos, 2, 845 .
    Further references
    PBW 2016, Michael 20139 .

    Footnotes