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Seal of Theodoros, imperial spatharios and protonotarios of the Boukellarioi
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 34
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Très mauvais état de conservation ; pressé et oblitéré dans la partie inferieure du champ ; les lettres sont peu marquées.

    Dating

    Date
    9th C., first half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Theodoros
    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 345
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Traces of a cruciform monogram, of the Laurent V type, framed by the usual tetrasyllable.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 30
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 30
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Légende surmontée et suivie d’un losange de perles entre deux perles.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει) τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
    rev
    2+ Θεοδώ-
    3ρῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) (πρωτο)-
    4νοταρί(ῳ) τῷν
    5Βουκε[λα(ρίων)]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Θεοδώρῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ πρωοτονοταρίῳ τῷν Βουκελαρίων.

    Mother of God help your servant Theodoros, imperial spatharios and protonotarios of the Boukellarioi.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 169 .
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., Zacos, 1, 2461 ; Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1958.106.961 (DO 61.59.23-938) .
    Further references
    PBE, 1, Theodoros 299 .

    Commentary

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