Seal of Romanos Skleros, proedros, domestic of the Schools of the West and doux of the Anatolicsshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: - PBW ID:

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    ―
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 33
    Weight (g)
    24,36
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    ―
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Slightly indented at the channel openings; pressed on both edges of the blank on both sides; reverse partially scratched.

    Dating

    Date
    1057-1065
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Romanos Skleros(PBW: Romanos 104)
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
    Edremit (Balıkesir)
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
    ―
    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 3077
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 33
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    The archangel Michael, standing on an oval pedestal, wearing imperial garments, his right lôros drooping over his left arm, holding in his right hand a long scepter with a trifoliate tip resting on the ground and in his left hand a cruciger globe
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 7 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 33
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls; legend surmounted and followed by a pearled cross flanked by dashes
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aΜ(ι) b[χ(αήλ)]
    rev
    1Ῥωμαν(ὸς)
    2[πρ]όεδρος
    3[δ(ομέστικος)] τῶν σχω[λ(ῶν)]
    4[τῆ]ς Δύσεω[ς]
    5[(καὶ)] δοὺξ τῶν [Ἀ-]
    6νατολι[κ(ῶν)]
    7ὁ Σκλ[η]ρ(ός)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    aΜ b..
    rev
    
    1ΡΜΑΝ/
    2..ΟΕΔΡΟΣ
    3.ΤΝΣΧ.
    4..ΣΔΥΣΕ.
    5.ΔΤΝ.
    6ΝΑΤΟΛΙ.
    7ΟΣΚΛ.Ρ/
    

    Legend and translation

    Μιχαήλ / + Ῥωμανὸς πρόεδρος δομέστικος τῶν σχωλῶν τῆς Δύσεως καὶ δοὺξ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν ὁ Σκληρός.

    Michael. Romanos Skleros, proedros, domestic of the Schools of the West and doux of the Anatolics.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 108-109
    Parallel(s)
    ,
    Further references
    No further references