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Seal of Basileios imperial protospatharios and genikos logothetes
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Weight (g)
    3,7
    Channel orientation (clock)
    5-12
    Axis (clock)
    12h
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Broken in two halves along the thread channel with one half missing.

    Dating

    Date
    9th c., second half – early 10th c.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Iconography, Epigraphy.
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Central 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-3
    Acquisition

    Auction

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Patriarchal cross mounted on four steps. 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 3 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    A tendril decoration on a separate line above and below the legend. Border of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Images

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    [caption of the image]

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv

    1Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει [τῷ σῷ δούλῳ]
    rev
    2[Βασ]ιλείῳ
    3[β(ασιλικῷ)(πρωτο)σπ]αθ(αρίῳ)(καὶ) γε
    4[νικ(ῷ)]λογοθ(έτῃ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1+ΚΕΒΟΗΘΕΙ...
    rev
    2
    3…ΙΛΕΙΩ
    4....ΑΘΓΕ
    5…Λογοθ
    6

    Apparatus

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ/ Βασιλείῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ γενικῷ̣ λογοθέτῃ.

    Lord, help your servant Basileios imperial protospatharios and genikos logothetes.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    (1) Hannover, Museum August Kestner, no. L433.2015.43, on permanent loan by the Foundation of Lower Saxony (donation Zarnitz, former no. 1002) − Seibt & Wassiliou-Seibt, 1976, p. 66-7, no. 43; (2) Shumen, Regional Historical Museum, no. 1209 − Jordanov, 1992, p. 282, no. 5 (= SBS 6, p. 87, n. 5). Jordanov, 2006, p. 105-6, no. 8. Jordanov, Zhekova, coll. Shumen 2007, p. 84-5, no. 198; (3) Shumen, Regional Historical Museum, no.14842 − Jordanov, 2006, p. 105-6, n. 9. Jordanov, Zhekova, coll. Shumen 2007, p. 84-5, no. 199; (4) Shumen, Regional Historical Museum, no. 14964/3 − Jordanov, Zhekova, coll. Shumen 2007, p. 84-5, no. 201; (5) Private collection N. Nikolov, Bulgaria − Jordanov, 2006, p. 105-6, no.10; (6) Kherson, Historical and Archaeological Museum-Archive (HIAMZ ), С-75-96 − Alekseenko, 2003, p. 181, no. 17 (= SBS 10, p. 100, n. 17); (7) Pliska, National Historical and Archaeological Site (INAR), no. 29 − , p. 239, no. 42; (8) A similar seal kept in Shumen, Regional Historical Museum, no. 14954/3 belongs to another seal type − Jordanov, Zhekova, coll. Shumen 2007, p. 84-5, no. 200;
    Further references

    Commentary

    The issuer is known only from this seal type[1].

    Footnotes

    [1]. PmbZ Online no. 20963.