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Seal of John Balantes, monk
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Rogné au sommet et sur les côtés; bombé au revers, sur la longueur de la ligne.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., second half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical seals
    Issuer
    John Balantes
    Issuer's milieu
    monastic
    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 430
    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. 16
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Buste de saint Jean Prodrome avec la barbe longue, tenant en main droite une grande croix processionnelle bouletée et en main gauche un volumen.
    Decoration
    Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 16
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Une croisette précède la légende sur une même ligne. Cercle de grènetis.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    (Ὁ ἅγιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Πρ(όδρομος)
    rev
    1+ Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2Ἰω(άννῃ) (μον)αχ(ῷ) τῷ
    3Βαλάν-
    4τι

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Πρόδρομος . / + Ἰωάννῃ μοναχῷ τῷ Βαλάντι.

    St. John Prodromos. Lord help John Balantes, monk.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 289, Laurent, Corpus, 5.2, 1399 (cet ex. non ill.), PBW 2016, Ioannes 20170 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

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