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Seal of Ιoannes tourmarches of Opsikion
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Weight (g)
    5.3
    Channel orientation (clock)
    1-7
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Green patina, corroded, struck off-centre to the upper left on the obverse and to the upper right on the reverse.

    Dating

    Date
    late 10th c. - early 11th c.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Iconography, Epigraphy.
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial 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 SB-146
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Bust of the Mother of God with her hands open before her breast. Sigla and on either side. Traces of a circular inscription.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Images

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    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ
    rev
    1Ἰω(άννῃ)
    2β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρο)-
    3κανδ(ι)δ(άτῳ) (καὶ)
    4τρομ(αρ)χ(ῃ)
    5Ὀψη(κίου)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    ΜΡ Θυ
    rev
    1+i̣
    2R`σπαθ
    3KANS
    4ΤΡΟx
    5OΨ̣ḥ

    Apparatus

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ / Ἰωάννῃ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ τρομαρχῃ Ὀψηκίου.

    Mother of God. Ioannes spatharokandidatos and tourmarches of Opsikion.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes