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Seal of Niketas, imperial spatharokandidatos and archontes
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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
    Échancré au sommet du champ ; revers entaillé et boursouflé dans la partie inférieure ; en voie de décomposition par oxydation rapide.

    Dating

    Date
    10th C., second third
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Niketas
    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 369
    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 à deux traverses, au-dessus de quatre degrés, ornée des deux côtés de la base d’un fleuron issant jusqu’à mi-champ
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Légende précédée d'une croisette.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Κ[(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ει)] τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
    rev
    2+ Ν(ι)κή-
    3τᾳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπα-
    4θ(αρο)κανδ(ιδάτῳ) (καὶ)
    5ἄρχον-
    6τ(ι)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Νικήτᾳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ και ἄρχοντι.

    Lord help your servant Niketas, imperial spatharokandidatos and archontes.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Commentary

    Footnotes