SigiDoc: Seal of Theodoros, patrikios and count of the Opsikion

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 33
Weight (g): ―
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Overstrike orientation (clock): ―
Execution: Struck
Countermark: ―
Condition: Rogné sur le pourtour ; quelques points d’oxydation ; entaillé en diagonale sur le revers ; sinon, belle gravure.

Category: Provincial administration
Issuer: Theodoros
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 346
Acquisition: Donation by Henri Seyrig
Previous locations: ―
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Language(s): greek
Layout of field: Invocative monogram of the type Laurent V, framed by the tetrasyllable.
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 29
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Iconography: ―
Decoration: Couronne de feuillage.
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Language(s): greek
Layout of field: Legend of 7 lines
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 29
Matrix: ―
Iconography: ―
Decoration: Légende précédée et suivie d'une croisette. Couronne de feuillage.
Epigraphy: ―

obv

1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει) τῷ δούλῳ σου

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2+ Θεο-
3δώρῳ πα-
4τρικίῳ (καὶ) κό-
5μητι τοῦ θεο-
6φυλάκτου βα-
7σιλικοῦ Ὀψ-
8ικίου +

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None.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοδώρῳ / + πατρικίῳ καὶ κόμητι τοῦ θεοφυλάκτου βασιλικοῦ Ὀψικίου +.

Mother of God help your servant Theodoros, patrikios and komes of the imperial Opsikion guarded by God.

Edition(s): Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 189 .
Parallel(s): Münzkabinett des Kunsthistorischen Museums, Vienne, Zacos, 1, 3194 (Vienne 213) .
Further references: PBE, 1, Theodoros 280 .

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