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Seal of Panaretos, hypatos
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 28
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Rogné sur tout le pourtour, échancré aux orifices du canal ; pressé et partiellement oblitéré sur le bord droit des deux faces; en voie d'oxydation. Grandes lettres.

    Dating

    Date
    8th C., first half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Seals of dignitaries
    Issuer
    Panaretos
    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 396
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Cruciform monogram, probably of the Laurent V type, framed by the usual tetrasyllable
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 25
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Traces de couronne de feuillage.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 25
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Traces de couronne de feuillage; avant la légende, une croisette.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει )τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
    rev
    2+ Πανα-
    3ρέτῳ [ὑ-]
    4πάτῳ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    rev

    Apparatus

    None.

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Παναρέτῳ ὑπάτῳ.

    Mother of God help your servant Panateros hypatos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 32 .
    Parallel(s)
    Musée Numismatique, Athènes, Konstantopoulos, coll. Athens, 1917, 568 .
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    Footnotes