Artifact

Type

Seal

Matrix

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Physical description

Medium

Original impression

Material

Lead

Shape

Round

Dimensions (mm)

Diam. 21

Weight (g)

14.0

Channel orientation (clock)

1-6

Axis (clock)

―

Overstrike orientation (clock)

―

Execution

Struck

Countermark

―

Condition

Corroded, struck off-centre, blank too small for the die.

Dating

Date

Late 7th c.– early 8th c.

Internal date

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Dating criteria

Epigraphy

Alternative date

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History

Category

Ecclesiastical

Issuer

Issuer's milieu

private

Place of origin

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Find place

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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-218

Acquisition

―

Previous locations

―

Modern observations

―

Obverse

Language(s)

Byzantine Greek

Layout of field

Legend of 4 lines.

Field dimensions (mm)

―

Matrix

―

Iconography

―

Decoration

Cross at the beginning of the legend. Wreath border.

Epigraphy

―

Reverse

Language(s)

Byzantine Greek

Layout of field

―

Field dimensions (mm)

―

Matrix

―

Iconography

―

Decoration

Wreath border.

Epigraphy

―

Edition