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Seal of Stephen, notarios
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 17
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Échancré aux orifices du canal ; décentré vers le sommet ; en voie d’oxydation.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., end-12th C., first half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Stephen
    Issuer's milieu
    civil
    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 481
    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. 12
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Buste de saint Étienne (?), tenant de sa main droite la croisette des martyrs devant sa poitrine et un rouleau de sa main gauche. Sigle.
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 12
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    [(Ὁ ἅγιος) Στ]έφ [ανος]
    rev
    1+ Κ(ύρι)ε [β(οή)θ(ει)]
    2Στέφαν(ῳ)
    3νοταρ(ίῳ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Στέφανος. / Κύριε βοήθει Στέφανῳ νοταρίῳ.

    St. Stephen. Lord aid Stephen, notarios.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 114 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes