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Seal of Stephen, hypatos, imperial spatharokandidatos and protostrator
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 28
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Rogné sur tout le pourtour ; échancré aux orifices du canal ; lettres nettement gravées.

    Dating

    Date
    8th C., second or third third
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Stephen
    Issuer's milieu
    military
    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 401
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Cruciform Marian monogram, of the Laurent V type, framed by the name.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Légende précédée et suivie par une croisette. Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει)
    obv
    Στεφ άνῳ
    rev
    2ὑπάτω
    3βασιλικῷ
    4σπαθαροκ-
    5ανδ(ι)δ(άτῳ) (καὶ) (πρωτο)σ<τ>-
    6ράτορ[ι]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει Στεφάνῳ / ὑπάτω βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ και πρωτοστράτορι.

    Theotokos help Stephen, hypatos, imperial spatharokandidatos and protostrator.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 131 .
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., Zacos, 1, 2390 ,
    Further references
    PBE, 1, Stephanos 114 .

    Commentary

    Footnotes