SigiDoc: Seal of Basil Myralides, protospatharios and imperial notarios of the vestiarion

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
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Execution: Struck
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Condition: Slightly indented at the channel openings; swelling along the channel on the obverse; crushed on a small portion at the bottom of the reverse, having damaged the last line of the legend.

Category: Central administration
Issuer: Basil Myralides
Milieu: Civil
Gender: Male
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Modern location: Paris (France )
Institution and repository: Bibliothèque nationale de France , Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques
Collection and inventory: Zacos BnF 333
Acquisition: Gift of Janet Zacos, 1998
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Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography with inscription in columns.
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Iconography: Bust of the Virgin Hodegetria holding the Child with the cruciger nimbus on the left arm; on either side of the image, sigla.
Decoration: Elaborated circle of dots.
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Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Linear legend of 6 lines.
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Decoration: Circle of dots; before the legend, on a separate line, a crosslet between dashes; the last line of the legend is flanked by dashes.
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obv

Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ

rev

1Βασίλι(ος)
2(πρωτο)σπαθ(άριος) (καὶ) β(ασιλικὸς)
3νοτάρ(ιος) τοῦ
4βεστιαρ(ίου)
5ὁ Μυραλ(ί)-
6δη[ς]

obv

 ΘΥ

rev


1ΑΣΙΛΙ,
2ΑΣΠΘ,⸣
3ΝΟΤΑΡ,Τ
4ΕΣΤΙΑΡ
5ΟΥΡΑΛ
6ΔΗ̣..

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. / Βασίλιος πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ βασιλικὸς νοτάριος τοῦ βεστιαρίου ὁ Μυραλίδης.

Mother of God. Basil Myralides, protospatharios and imperial notarios of the vestiarion.

Edition(s): Unpublished
Parallel(s): No parallels known
Further references: Le sceau Zacos BnF est mentionné dans Wassiliou-Seibt, 2016, p. 572.