Seal of Basil Maleses, judge of the Hippodromeshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-pVy4ok - PBW ID:

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Weight (g)
    13,24
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Indented at the channel orifices; crushed letters on the reverse; slightly off-centre strike.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., third quarter
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Basil Maleses
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
    Asia Minor (West Turkey)
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
    ―
    Modern location
    İzmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 3050
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Patriarchal cross, raised on two steps, doubly recrossed and ending in a globule
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls; under the lower arm of the cross, rich fleurons rising from the base; sigla on either side of the short upper arm of the cross
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 6 lines, the last of which is no longer extant
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls; a crosslet precedes the legend on a separate line
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aἸ(ησοῦ)ς bΧ(ριστό)ς
    rev
    1Σφραγ(ὶς)
    2[Β]ασιλείου
    3[κ]ριτοῦ ἐπὶ
    4τοῦ Ἱπποδρ(όμου)
    5 τοῦ Μαλ[έ-]
    6[σ(η)]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    aΙ̅Σ̅ bΧ̣Σ̣
    rev

    1Σ̣ΡΑΓ/
    2.Α̣ΙΛΕΙ
    3.ΡΙΤΕΠΙ
    4Τ̣̣ΙΟΔΡ
    5Τ̣̣ΜΛ.
    6./

    Legend and translation

    Ἰησοῦς Χριστός. / Σφραγὶς Βασιλείου κριτοῦ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἱπποδρόμου τοῦ Μαλέση.

    Jesus Christ. Seal of Basile Maleses, judge of the Hippodrome.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 2.29
    Parallel(s)
    Notice dans Auctions 1997-2001, 238 (daté 1070-1090) = Münzzentrum Rheinland, Auktion 94 (13-15 mai 1998), nr 947 = Munich, Staatliche Münzsammlung, fonds Zarnitz 741 (inv. 98-8) (inédit).
    Further references
    No further references