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Artifact
- Type
- Seal
- Matrix
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Physical description
- Medium
- Original impression
- Material
- Lead
- Shape
- Round
- Dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 30
- Weight (g)
- 24.7
- Channel orientation (clock)
- 6-12
- Axis (clock)
- ―
- Overstrike orientation (clock)
- ―
- Execution
- Struck
- Countermark
- ―
- Condition
- Green patina, corroded, dented, partially effaced.
Dating
- Date
- 1068–1074.
- Internal date
- ―
- Dating criteria
- Iconography, Epigraphy, Prosopography.
- 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-2
- Acquisition
- ―
- Previous locations
- ―
- Modern observations
- ―
Obverse
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Iconography
- Field dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- St Demetrios standing, holding a spear in his right hand and resting his left hand on a shield. Legend preserved at left.
- Decoration
- Border of dots.
- Epigraphy
- ―
Reverse
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Legend of 8 lines.
- Field dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- ―
- Decoration
- Cross at the beginning of the legend. The last line is between two dashes. Border of dots.
- Epigraphy
- ―
Images
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- [caption of the image]
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- [caption of the image]
Edition
Apparatus
Legend and translation
ὁ ἅγιος Δημήτριος. / Κύριε βοήθει Νικηφόρῳ πρoτωπροέδρῳ καὶ δουκὶ Πελοπονίσου καὶ Ἑλάδος τῷ Βοτανειάτι.
St Demetrios. Lord, help Nikephoros Botaneiates protoproedros and doux of Peloponnese and Hellas.
References
- Edition(s)
- , p. 157-159, no. 22.
- Parallel(s)
- (1) specimen published by Begleres (acquired in Smyrna; current location unknown) – , p. 5 (with picture); , p. 610, no. 3; (2) Orghidan Collection – Laurent, coll. Orghidan, 1952, no. 235; (3) Hirsch, Auction 175 (23–26 September 1992), lot 1567 (= Auctions 1991-1996, p. 122, no. 1567); (4) Dr. Busso Peus, Auction 376 (29–30 October 2003), lot 1378 (= Auctions 2002-2006, p. 186, no. 1378); Münz Zentrum, Auction 94 (13–15 May 1998), lot 942 (= Auctions 1997-2001, p. 238, no. 942).
- Further references
- Karagiorgou, 2008, p. 117; , p. 107, images nos. 5.1-4; , p. 199, no. 235.
Commentary
The seal’s issuer is Nikephoros III Botaneiates, emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 1078 to 1081, at an earlier stage of his career.[1]
Footnotes
[1]. PBW 2016, Nikephoros 3.