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Seal of Nikolaos, bishop of Magnesia
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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 échancré sur le pourtour; entaillé dans toute sa largeur au revers, le long de la ligne du canal qui est à l’horizontal ; fine gravure.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    Nikolaos
    Issuer's milieu
    secular-church
    Place of origin
    Byzantine Empire
    Find place
    Amathe/Epiphaneia (Ḩamāh)
    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 680
    Acquisition

    Donation by Henri Seyrig

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Buste de saint Kodratos, en costume d’évêque, dont l'omophorion est orné de deux croix, bénissant de la main droite et tenant le livre des Évangiles de la gauche.
    Decoration
    Bordure.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis. Légende précédée d’une croisette.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ει) τῷ σ(ῷ) δ[ούλῳ]
    obv
    ὁ ἃγ(ιος) Κο δ[ρ]ᾶ[τ(ος)]
    rev
    2+ Νικολ-
    3[ά]ῳ ἐπισκ-
    4[ό]πῳ Μαγ-
    5νησία(ς)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Κοδρᾶτος. Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Νικολάῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Μαγνησίας.

    St. Kodratos. Lord help your servant Nikoalos, bishop of Magnesia.

    References

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    Unpublished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

    Commentary

    Footnotes