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Seal of Theodoros apo eparchon
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Weight (g)
    10.6
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    12h
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Grey patina, blank slightly too small for the die.

    Dating

    Date
    7th/8th c.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    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 S-7
    Acquisition

    Auction

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cross at the begenning of the legend. Wreath border.
    Epigraphy
    Ζ retrograde

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Byzantine Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cross at the beginning of the legend. Wreath border.
    Epigraphy

    Images

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    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Θε-
    2οτόκε
    3βοήθη
    rev

    4Θεο-
    5δώρῳ
    6ἀπὸ ἐπά-
    7ρχων

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1+θε
    2οτοκε
    3βοηθη
    rev
    4+Θεο
    5Δωρω
    6ποεπ
    7ρχων

    Apparatus

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει/ Θεοδώρῳ ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων.

    Mother of God, help Theodoros apo eparchon.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    Tatis Collection, nο. 3021 – Cheynet, coll. Tatış, p.196, nο. 5.13, museum invetory nο. 3021.
    Further references

    Commentary

    A similar specimen (not a parallel) has been published by Cheynet [1].

    Footnotes

    [1]. See Cheynet, Gökyıldırım, Bulgurlu, coll. Istanbul, p. 399, nο.5.21.