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Seal of Nikephoros Theodorokanos, patrikios and strategos
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Weight (g)
    12.3
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Beige patina, chipped at the upper end of the channel, partially effaced, weakly imprinted.

    Dating

    Date
    mid-11th c.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Iconography.
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration.
    Issuer
    Issuer's milieu
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection SB-14
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Bust of St George holding a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left. Legend on either side.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

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

    Images

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    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώ[ρ] γιο(ς)
    rev

    1[Κ](ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2[τ]ῷ σ(ῷ) δού[λ(ῳ)]
    3Νικηφόρω
    4π(ατ)ρί(κιῳ) (καὶ) στρα-
    5τ(η)γ(ῷ) τῷ Θεο-
    6δωρ(ο)κάν(ῳ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    ʘ̣|Γ|ε̣ Ω ΓΙ|Ο,
    rev
    1.ΕrΘ
    2.̣ς,δ̣.
    3Ν̣Ι̣ΚΗΦΟΡ
    4Π̅Ρ̅Ι̅⸣SσΤΡΑ
    5Τ̣,Γ,ΤθΕΟ
    6Δ̣Ρ,ΚΑΝ,

    Apparatus

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος/ Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικηφόρω πατρίκιῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῷ Θεοδωροκάνῳ.

    St. George. Lord, help your servant Nikephoros Theodorokanos, patrikios and strategos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Parallel(s)
    Dr. Busso Peus, Auction 376 (29–30 October 2003), lot 1369 (= SBS 10, 2010, p. 185, no. 1369) also auctioned in H. Grün, Auction 14/1 (9–10 May 1995), lot 788.
    Further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes