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Seal of Basil, monk and exarch
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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
    Légèrement rogné à droite; légèrement échancré aux orifices du canal.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    Basil
    Issuer's milieu
    secular-church
    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 814
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 15
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Croix patriarcale recroisetée au dessus de deux degrés. À l’extrémité des traverses, globules. Deux fleurons sortent de la base jusqu’à mi-champ.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 15
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis. Légende précédée d’une croisette, surmontée et suivie de trois perles.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Κ(ύρι)ε β(οήθει) τῷ σῷ δ(ούλῳ)
    rev
    2+ Βασι-
    3λ(εί)ῳ μ(ο)-
    4ναχῷ (καὶ)
    5ἐξάρχ(ῳ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. / + Βασιλείῳ μοναχῷ καὶ ἐξάρχῳ.

    Lord help your servant / Basil, monk and exarch.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Commentary

    Footnotes