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Seal of Konstantinos protospatharios, imperial notarios of the eidikon, and krites epi tou hippodromou and of Macedonia
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    ―

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Weight (g)
    6.4
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Partially effaced on both sides, cracked along the channel on the reverse and open in the lower half, blank too small for the die.

    Dating

    Date
    Before the mid-11th c.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration, central administration.
    Issuer
    ―
    Issuer's milieu
    Place of origin
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    Find place
    ―
    Find date
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    Find circumstances
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    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany)
    Institution and repository
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    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection S-167
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines, the first line missing.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    No border visible.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    No border visible.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv

    1[+K(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2τ]ῷ σῷ δ[ού(λῳ)]
    3[Κ]ων(σταντίνῳ) (πρωτο)σπ[α-
    4θ(αρίῳ)] β(ασιλικῷ) ν(ο)τ(αρίῳ) τ(οῦ)
    5[ε]ἰδικ(οῦ)
    rev
    6[κρι]τ(ῇ) ἐπ(ὶ)
    7[τοῦ] ἱππ(ο)δ[ρ(ό)-
    8μ(ου)] (καὶ) τῆς Μ[(α)-
    9κ]εδ[ο]ν(ίας)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1….
    2.̣Σδ.
    3.̣̅Ν̅ΑΣΠ̣.
    4.ντ,Τ,
    5.ΙδΙΚ̣
    rev
    6...τ̣ε̣π̣
    7..Ι,δ.
    8.SτΗςμ
    9.εδ.ν̣

    Apparatus

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ, βασιλικῷ νοταρίῳ τοῦ εἰδικοῦ / κριτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἱπποδρόμου καὶ τῆς Μακεδονίας.

    Lord, help your servant Konstantinos protospatharios, imperial notarios of the eidikon, and krites epi tou hippodromou and of Macedonia.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    (1) DO BZS.1947.2.103 – DO Seals, 1, no. 43.5, also published in DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1947.2.103 ; (2) Athens, Numismatic Museum, no. 479 (Orphanides-Nikolaides Collection) – Koltsida-Makri, coll. Athens, 1996, no. 42.
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    Konstantinos[1] is attested on two parallels, one belonging to the collection of Dumbarton Oaks and the other one to the collection Orphanides-Nikolaides in the Athens Numismatic Museum. The parallels have been essential for the complete restitution of the legend of our specimen.

    Footnotes

    [1]. PBW 2016, Konstantinos 20116.