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Seal of N., patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Thrace
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Fortement rogné sur tout le pourtour et surtout sur le côté gauche; échancré aux orifices du canal; grandes lettres bien gravées.

    Dating

    Date
    8th century C., second or third third
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    N.
    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 400
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Invocative monogram of the type Laurent VIII, framed by the usual tetrasyllabe.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Κύριε βοήθει) τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
    rev
    2<..... >
    3νῳ πα[τρ-
    4ι]κ(ίῳ) β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπα[θ(αρίῳ)]
    5<(καὶ)> στρατ(ηγῷ) τῆ-
    6ς Θρᾴκ(ης)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / .... νῳ πατρικίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ και στρατηγῷ τῆς Θρᾴκης .

    Lord help your servant N., patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Thrace.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes