SigiDoc: Seal of Christophoros Mitylenaios, protospatharios, epi tou Chrysotriklinou, judge of the Velum and of Paphlagonia

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 26
Weight (g): ―
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Execution: Struck
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Condition: Cassé à droite, le tiers du sceau a été emporté ; pressé et oblitéré sur les deux faces ; en voie d’oxydation ; les lettres subsistantes sont nettement gravées.

Category: Provincial administration
Issuer: Christophoros Mitylenaios
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 418
Acquisition: Donation by Henri Seyrig
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Language(s): greek
Layout of field: Legend of 6 lines
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 23,5
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Decoration: Cercle de grènetis. Dernière ligne de la légende accostée de deux tirets.
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1+ Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
2[Χ]ριστοφ(όρῳ)
3<(πρωτο)>[σπ]αθαρ(ίῳ)
4<ἐ>[πὶ τ]οῦ Χρ(υσο)-
5<(τρι)>[κ]λ(ί)ν(ου)

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6κριτ[ῇ]
7τοῦ βή[λ(ου)]
8(καὶ) τῆς Π<α>-
9φλ(α)γο[ν(ίας) τ(ῷ)]
10Μιτ[υλη-]
11ν(αίῳ)

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Κύριε βοήθει Χριστοφόρῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου / κριτῇ τοῦ βήλου καὶ τῆς Παφλαγονίας τῷ Μιτυληναίῳ.

Lord help Christophoros Mitylenaios, protospatharios, epi tou Chrysotriklinou, judge of the Velum and of Paphlagonia.

Edition(s): Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 193 .
Parallel(s): No parallels known
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