Seal of Leo Amnos, proedrosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    11-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Worn around the edge; indented at the channel openings; corroded.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., end
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Aristocracy
    Issuer
    Leo Amnos
    Milieu: Aristocracy
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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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 38
    Acquisition

    Gift of Janet Zacos, 1998

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with inscription in columns.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Bust of saint Theodore, in military garb; on either side of the image, inscription in columns.
    Decoration
    Circle of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Circle of dots; a pearl or a crosslet flanked by dashes maybe precedes the legend on a separate line; a crosslet precedes the beginning of the legend on a same line.
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Digital image of the obverse.
    Digital image of the reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θε ώδο(ρος)
    rev
    1+Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2Λέοντα
    3πρόεδρ(ῳ)
    4το Ἀμν-
    5

    Diplomatic

    obv
    |Θ|Ε̣ ||Ο
    rev
    1ΕΘ,
    2ΛΕΟΝΤΑ
    3ΠΡΟΕΔΡ
    4ΤΟΑΝ
    5

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Θεώδορος. / + Κύριε βοήθει Λέοντα πρόεδρῳ το Ἀμνῳ.

    Saint Theodore. Lord aid Leo Amnos, proedros.

    References

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    Unpublished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