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Seal of Georgios Palaiologos Komnenos Doukas
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    ―

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 36
    Weight (g)
    30.1
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Dark green patina, partially effaced, double-struck.

    Dating

    Date
    12th c., second half.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Iconography, Epigraphy.
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Private
    Issuer
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    Issuer's milieu
    Place of origin
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    Find place
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    Find date
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    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany)
    Institution and repository
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    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection SB-357
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    St George standing, holding a spear in his right hand and resting his left hand on a shield. Details indistinct. 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 ἅγ]ι[ος] Γεώρ[γι]ος
    rev
    1[Γε]ωρ[γίου]
    2σφράγισμα [Πα-]
    3λαιολόγου Κ[ο-]
    4μνηνοδουκ[ό-]
    5βλαστ(ον) αὐχ[οῦν-
    6τ(ος)] γένο[ς]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    .|.|.Ι|.. ΓΕ̣|Ρ |..|Οσ̣
    rev
    1..̣p…
    2CΦρ̣ΑΓΙσ̣ΜΑ..
    3ΛΑΙΟΛΟΓΟVΚ̣.
    4ΜΝΗΝΟΔΟVΚ.
    5Β̣ΛΑ̣ạVΧ..
    6.γΕΝΟ.

    Apparatus

    Legend and translation

    ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. / Γεωργίου σφράγισμα Παλαιολόγου Κομνηνοδουκόβλαστον αὐχοῦντος γένος.

    St Georgios. Seal of Georgios Palaiologos, who proudly claims to be the offspring of the Komneno-Doukai family.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    (1) Munich, Staatliche Münzsammlung (Zarnitz Collection, no. 80) – Speck, coll. Berlin, 1986, no. 5; Seibt, Zarnitz, 1997, no. 1.2.10; (2) Dr. Busso Peus, Auction 376 (29–30 October 2003), lot 1411 (= SBS 10, 2010, p. 188, no. 1411); Münz Zentrum, Auction 90 (14–16 May 1997), lot 1055 (= SBS 8, 2003, p. 235, no. 1055); (3) Private collection, Požarevac, Serbia (seal found in Braničevo) – , p. 118, no. 8. Only seal (3) seems to be from the same boulloterion as the seal here presented.
    Further references
    Wassiliou-Seibt, 2011, no. 264; , no. 190.

    Commentary

    The seal issuer is PBW 2016, Georgios 17002.

    Footnotes