SigiDoc: Seal of John (?), spatharokandidatos and epiteretes (?) of the stratiotikon logothesion.

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 19
Weight (g): ―
Channel orientation (clock): ―
Axis (clock): ―
Overstrike orientation (clock): ―
Execution: Struck
Countermark: ―
Condition: En mauvais état de conservation; rogné sur le pourtour; fortement pressé et oblitéré dans sa partie supérieure au point que les deux premières lignes de la légende sont oblitérées et le motif iconographique, indistinct.

Category: Central administration
Issuer: John
Issuer's milieu: civil
Place of origin: Byzantine Empire
Find place: ―
Find date: ―
Find circumstances: ―
Modern location: Paris (France)
Institution and repository: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
Collection and inventory: Henri Seyrig Collection 479
Acquisition: Donation by Henri Seyrig
Previous locations: ―
Modern observations: ―

Language(s): greek
Layout of field: Iconography with legend in columns
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: Buste de la Vierge sans le médaillon (peut-être Hodègètria), aux gestes indistincts. Sigle.
Decoration: Bordure.
Epigraphy: ―

obv

Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(ε)οῦ

rev

1[Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)]θ(ει)
2[Ἰω(άννῃ)] σπαθ(α)ρ(ο)-
3<κ(α)>[ν]δ(ι)δ(άτῳ) (καὶ) ἐπι-
4<τ>[η]ριτ(ῇ) τοῦ σ-
5<τρ>ατιοτι(κοῦ)-
6<λ>ογοθ(έτου)

obv

rev

None.

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. / Θεοτόκε βοήθει Ἰωάννῃ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ και ἐπιτηριτῇ τοῦ στρατιοτικοῦ λογοθέτου.

Mother of God. Theotokos help your servant John (?), spatharokandidatos and epiteretes (?) of the stratiotikon logothesion.

Edition(s): Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 130 .
Parallel(s): No parallels known
Further references: No further references

SigiDoc