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Seal of John, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Chaldia
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Rogné fortement sur tout le pourtour ; brisé en deux parties le long de la ligne du canal ; étiré et partiellement oblitéré ; les lettres conservées sont remarquablement bien gravées.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    John
    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 344
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

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

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει) τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
    rev
    2Ἰωάνν[ῃ]
    3β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθα[ρ(ίῳ)]
    4(καὶ) στρατ(η)γ(ῷ)
    5Χαλδία(ς)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Ἰωάννῃ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Χαλδίας.

    Mother of God help your servant John, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Chaldia.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 172 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes