Seal of Nicholas Dermokaites, protospatharios and strategos of Serbiashow 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. 33
    Weight (g)
    14,96
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    ―
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Blank too small, last line on reverse left out of focus; a little worn on both sides.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C. (middle)
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Nicholas Dermokaites
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Find place
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    Find date
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    Find circumstances
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2317
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 33
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Saint George full-length, facing, in his customary military garb, draped in a long chlamys covering his left shoulder, holding a spear in his right hand, with his left hand resting triangular shield. In the field, on either side of the effigy, traces of the epigraph in a column.
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 8 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 33
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    ―
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aὉ ἅγ[ιος] bΓε[ώργιος]
    obv
    1+ Κ(ύρι)ε β[οήθει] τῷ σ[ῷ δούλῳ]
    rev
    1Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)[θ(ει)]
    2τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
    3Νικολάῳ
    4(πρωτο)σπαθάρ(ιῳ) (καὶ)
    5στρατηγῷ
    6τῷν Σερβ(ίων(?))
    7[τ]ῷ Δερμο-
    8καΐτ(ῃ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    .Ο|Α|ΓΓ|Ε|
    rev
    1ΘΚΕ̅.
    2ΤΣΔΛ/
    3ΝΙΚΟΛΑ
    4ΑΣΠΑΘΑΡ/ϗ
    5ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓ
    6ΤΝΣΕΡ/
    7.ΔΕ...
    8...

    Legend and translation

    / Θεοδώρῳ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ κριτῇ Σελευκείας τῷ Ὀφρυδᾷ.

    Theodoros Ophrydas, spatharokandidatos and judge of Seleukeia.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 156
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references