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Seal of Nikephoros Nesiotes
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Weight (g)
    7.2
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Βeige patina, thin crack at the lower end of the channel on the obverse, flattened and effaced.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Private
    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-278
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Bust of St John the Baptist holding a long staff cross over his left shoulder. Details indistinct. No legend visible.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cross at the beginning of the legend. Above and below, a decoration consisting of a cross of dots set between two dashes. Border of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Images

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    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    rev

    1Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)[θ(ει)]
    2Νικηφ[ό-]
    3ρ(ῳ) τῷ N[η-]
    4σιώτ(ῃ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev
    
    1+K̅E,.
    2NIKHΦ.
    3P,ṬṆ.
    4CIT
    5

    Apparatus

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει Νικηφόρῳ τῷ Nησιώτῃ.

    Lord, help Nikephoros Nesiotes.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Parallel(s)
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    Commentary

    The surname Nesiotes is a conjecture [1].

    Footnotes

    [1]. On the surname, see also Wassiliou-Seibt, 2011, no. 1232