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Seal of Theodoros, hypatos and eparches of Thessaloniki
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 30
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Rogné au sommet du champ; profondément entaillé à gauche et dans sa partie inferieure droites; les lettres restantes sont parfois brisées.

    Dating

    Date
    8th century 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 362
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Invocative monogram of the type Laurent V, frame by the name of the owner.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Légende précédée d’une croisette accostée de deux fleurons.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει) Θεοδώρῳ
    rev
    2<ὑ>[π]άτῳ
    3<(καὶ)> ἐπάρχ-
    4<ῳ> Θεσ(σ)αλ-
    5<ο>νίκης

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει Θεοδώρῳ / ὑπάτῳ καὶ ἐπάρχῳ Θεσσαλονίκης.

    Theotokos help Theodoros, hypatos and eparches of Thessaloniki.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 196 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes