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Seal of Bardas patrikios, imperial protospatharios, and strategos of Anatolikoi.
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Weight (g)
    8.3
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Green patina, partially effaced, cracked along the channel.

    Dating

    Date
    10th c.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Iconography
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration.
    Issuer
    Issuer's milieu
    Place of origin
    Find place
    Find date
    Find circumstances
    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection Κr-10
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Patriarchal cross (with a X at the lower transverse bar) mounted on three steps. Fleurons on either side. Along the circumference, a circular inscription beginning with a cross at 7 o'clock.
    Decoration
    Cross at the begenning of the legend, border of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 6 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Star at the beginning of the legend. Border of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Images

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    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv

    1[Κ(ύρι)ε]βοήθ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ[ούλ(ῳ)]
    rev
    2Βάρδ-
    3ᾳ πατρικί-
    4ο β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ)
    5στρατ[ηγῷ
    6τ]ῶν Ἀν[α-
    7τ]ολικ(ῶν)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1+..ΟΗθιτΗσδ...
    rev
    2αρδ
    3αΠατρικι
    4ο,Ασπ̣Α̣θ̣,
    5στ̣ρατ̣...
    6.̣νΑ̣Ν̣.
    7.ΟΛΙΚ

    Apparatus

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ/ Βάρδᾳ πατρικίο, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν.

    Lord, help your servant Bardas patrikios, imperial protospatharios, and strategos of Anatolikoi.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    Further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes