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Seal of Marinos, patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Thessaloniki
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 24
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Légèrement rogné sur le côté gauche; décentré vers la gauche et légèrement boursouflé le long du canal.

    Dating

    Date
    9th C., second half (after 861-862)
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Marinos
    Issuer's milieu
    military
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
    Constantinople (Istanbul)
    Find date
    Find circumstances
    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
    Collection and inventory
    Henri Seyrig Collection 698
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Croix patriarcale au-dessus de trois degrés.
    Decoration
    Deux cercles de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis. Légende précédée d'une croisette et terminée par un losange de perles accosté de deux globules.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθε(ι) τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
    rev
    2+ Μαρίν(ῳ)
    3πατρικ(ίῳ) β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)-
    4σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στ(ρ)α(τηγῷ)
    5Θεσ(σ)αλον(ίκης)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Μαρίνῳ πατρικίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Θεσσαλονίκης.

    Lord help your servant Marinos, patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Thessaloniki.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 198 .
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1958.106.4218 (DO 58.106.4218) ; Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1958.106.3473 .
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes