SigiDoc: Seal of Niketas Moschianos (?), magistros

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 15
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Execution: Struck
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Condition: Rogné ; oblitéré à droite, boursouflé au revers sur le tracé du canal ; échancré aux orifices du canal.

Category: Seals of dignitaries
Issuer: Niketas Moschianos
Issuer's milieu: aristocracy
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 480
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Language(s): greek
Layout of field: Iconography with legend in columns
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Iconography: Buste de la Vierge, orante, avec le médaillon du Christ. Sigle.
Decoration: Cercle de grènetis.
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Language(s): greek
Layout of field: Legend of 5 lines
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Decoration: Cercle de grènetis; avant la légende, sur une même ligne, une croisette et au-dessus un ornement indistinct.
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Μ(ήτηρ) Θ(εοῦ)

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1Θ[(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει)]
2[Νι]κήτᾳ
3μα[γ]ίστρῳ
4τῷ Μο[σ(?)-]
5χιαν(ῷ)

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4: Μο[σ]χιανός, Μο[νο]χιανός:

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ / + Θεοτόκε βοήθει Νικήτᾳ μαγίστρῳ τῷ Μοσχιανῷ (?).

Mother of God / + Mother of God help Niketas Moschianos (?), magistros.

Edition(s): Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris Cheynet, Morrisson, Seibt, coll. Seyrig, 1991, 41 .
Parallel(s): No parallels known
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