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Seal of John Tzoulas (?), imperial notarios
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Boursouflé le long du canal ; en voie d’oxydation dans cette zone ; pressé et oblitéré partiellement sur le revers. Traces de double frappe.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., second or third quarter
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    John
    Issuer's milieu
    aristocracy
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
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    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
    Collection and inventory
    Henri Seyrig Collection 351
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Buste de saint Jean Prodrome, tenant une croix processionnelle en main gauche.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Une croisette perdue précède la légende sur une même ligne. Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    (Ὁ ἅγιος) Ἰω(άννης) Πρ(ό)δ(ρομος)
    rev
    1+ Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ)
    3Ἰω(άννῃ) β(ασιλικῷ) νο-
    4ταρίῳ
    5τ(ῷ) Τζού[λ(ᾳ)] (?)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Ἰωάννης Πρόδρομος . / + Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ βασιλικῷ νοταρίῳ τῷ Τζούλᾳ (?).

    St. John Prodromos. Lord aid your servant John Tzoulas (?), imperial notarios.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 111 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes