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Seal of Leo, imperial strator and ek prosopou
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Fortement rogné dans sa partie supérieure, en voie d’oxydation, mais nettement gravé.

    Dating

    Date
    7th century C., last third-8th C., first third
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Leo
    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 297
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Cruciform invocative monogram of the type Laurent V.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Couronne de feuillage.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Couronne de feuillage.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει)
    rev
    2<Λέοντι>
    3<β(ασιλικῷ)> στράτο-
    4ρι κ(αὶ) ἐκ προ-
    5σώπου

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει / Λέοντι βασιλικῷ στράτορι καὶ ἐκ προσώπου.

    Theotokos help Leo, imperial strator and ek prosopou (?).

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 212 .
    Parallel(s)
    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., (Coll. Zacos 2 ex.) Zacos, 1, 1537 a et b, DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1955.1.526 , PmbZ Online, 4268 (Leon).
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes