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Seal of Baanes, 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. 24
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Échancrures aux orifices du canal.

    Dating

    Date
    9th C., last third-10th C., beginning
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Baanes
    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 366
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Croix nimbée à deux traverses, de petite taille, sans décor, au-dessus de quatre degrés.
    Decoration
    Deux cercles de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis. Légende surmontée et précédée d'une croisette sur la première ligne.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1+ Κ(ύρι)ε βοή[θ(ει)] τῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ)
    rev
    1+ Βαάν(ῃ)
    2β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) κ(αὶ)
    3σταρτ(ηγῷ) τ(ῆς)
    4Θρᾴκ(ης)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    4: Θρᾴκης, Θρᾳκησίων: Nous préférons plutôt la lecture Θρᾴκης à celle de Θρᾳκησίων, car dans ce dernier cas, l’abréviation serait trop radicale.

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Βαάνῃ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῆς Θρᾴκης.

    Lord help your servant Baanes, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Thrace (?).

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Commentary

    Footnotes