Artifact

Type

Seal

Matrix

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Physical description

Medium

Original impression

Material

Lead

Shape

Round

Dimensions (mm)

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Weight (g)

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Channel orientation (clock)

6-12

Axis (clock)

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Overstrike orientation (clock)

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Execution

Struck

Countermark

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Condition

Corroded, effaced, chipped at both ends of the channel with a larger missing section.

Dating

Date

8th c., second half.

Internal date

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Dating criteria

Epigraphy, Iconography.

Alternative date

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History

Category

Provincial administration.

Issuer

Issuer's milieu

private

Place of origin

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Find place

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Find date

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Find circumstances

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Modern location

Cologne (Germany)

Institution and repository

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Collection and inventory

Robert Feind Collection SB-430

Acquisition

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Previous locations

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Modern observations

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Obverse

Language(s)

Byzantine Greek

Layout of field

Iconography, Legend.

Field dimensions (mm)

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Matrix

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Iconography

Two imperial busts (details indistinct).

Decoration

No border visible.

Epigraphy

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Reverse

Language(s)

Byzantine Greek

Layout of field

―

Field dimensions (mm)

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Matrix

―

Iconography

―

Decoration

No border visible.

Epigraphy

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Edition