Seal of Constantine (?), apo eparchon and general kommerkiarios of the apotheke of the First and the Second Ciliciashow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    ―
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 29
    Weight (g)
    27,80
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    ―
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Widely indented at the upper opening of the channel; blank heavily trimmed; traces of crushing on reverse.

    Dating

    Date
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    Internal date
    Indiction 14 and 15, corresponding to the years 700-702 CE
    Dating criteria
    Internal date
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Konstantinos (PmbZ: Konstantinos 3721)
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Find place
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    Find date
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
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    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2326
    Acquisition
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    Previous locations
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    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend and legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 29
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Emperor Tiberius II, standing, bearded, wearing a chlamydia and a crown with pendilia, holding in his right hand a globe surmounted by a high cross
    Decoration
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    Epigraphy
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    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 6 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 29
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    ―
    Epigraphy
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    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aἸ(νδικτιῶνος) ιδ’ bἸ(νδικτιῶνος) ιε’
    obv
    1Κωνσταντίνου ἀπὸ ἐπάρχ[ων]
    rev
    2γενι-
    3κοῦ     κομμ
    4[ε]ρκιαρίου
    5[ἀ]ποθήκης
    6(πρώτης) (καὶ) (δευτέρας) τῶν Κ-
    7[ι]λικιῶν

    Diplomatic

    obv
    a| bΙΔ|ΙΕ
    obv
    1ΑΠΟΕΠΑΡΧ...
    rev
    2...
    3...ΚΟ.
    4.ΡΚΙΑΡΙΟΥ
    5.ΠΟΘΗΚΗΣ
    6.ϗΒ\ΤΩΝ
    7.ΛΙΙΩΝ

    Legend and translation

    Ἰνδικτιῶνος ιδ’, Ἰνδικτιῶνος ιε’. Κωνσταντίνου ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων / γενικοῦ κομμερκιαρίου ἀποθήκης πρώτης καὶ δευτέρας τῶν Κιλικιῶν.

    Indiction 14, Indiction 15. Constantine, apo eparchon and general kommerkiarios of the apotheke of the First and the Second Cilicia.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 127-129
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references