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1Κ(ύρι)ε β[(οή)θ(ει)] τῷ [σ]ῷ δούλῳ
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2Ι(ωάνν)ῃ ἐπι[σκόπ]ῳ
ὁ ἅ(γιος)Βασί λειος
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1Κ(ύρι)ε β[(οή)θ(ει)] τῷ [σ]ῷ δούλῳ
ὁ ἅ(γιος) Στέ φανο(ς)
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2Ι(ωάνν)ῃ ἐπι[σκόπ]ῳ
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Artifact
- Type
- Seal
- Matrix
- ―
Physical description
- Medium
- Original impression
- Material
- Lead
- Shape
- Round
- Dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 24
- Weight (g)
- 9.6
- Channel orientation (clock)
- 1-7
- Axis (clock)
- ―
- Overstrike orientation (clock)
- ―
- Execution
- Struck
- Countermark
- ―
- Condition
- Grey patina, weakly imprinted.
Dating
- Date
- 11th c., first half.
- Internal date
- ―
- Dating criteria
- Epigraphy, Iconography.
- Alternative date
- ―
History
- Category
- Ecclesiastical
- 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-21
- Acquisition
- ―
- Previous locations
- ―
- Modern observations
- ―
Obverse
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Iconography with circular legend.
- Field dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- Bust of St. Basil offering a blessing with his right hand and holding the Gospel in his left. Legend on either side. Circular inscription beginning with a cross at 8 o'clock.
- Decoration
- Border of dots.
- Epigraphy
- ―
Reverse
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Iconography with circular legend.
- Field dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- Bust of St. Stephen holding a miniature church in his right hand and a small cross in the left hand. Legend on either side. Circular inscription beginning at 9 o'clock.
- Decoration
- Border of dots.
- Epigraphy
- ―
Images
-
- [caption of the image]
-
- [caption of the image]
Edition
Apparatus
Legend and translation
Ὁ ἅγιος Βασίλειος. Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Ὁ ἅγιος Στέφανος.᾿Ιωάννῃ ἐπισκόπῳ.
Lord, help your servant Ioannes episkopos.
References
- Edition(s)
- Unpublished
- Parallel(s)
- (1) Triton, Auction XI (8–9 January 2008), lot 1174, from the Robert E. Hecht Collection (= SBS 12, 2016, p. 192, no. 1174).
- Further references
- No further references
Commentary
Footnotes