Seal of Constantine, protospatharios and strategos of Thracehide empty fields show empty fields
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Artifact

Type: Seal
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Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
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Dimensions (mm): Diam. 24,5
Weight (g): 7,7
Channel orientation (clock): 12-6
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Condition: Blank heavily trimmed at the top and broken at the bottom; slightly oxidised.

Dating

Date: 9th C. (first half)
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Dating criteria: Epigraphy
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History

Category: Provincial administration
Issuer: Constantine
Milieu: Military
Gender: Male
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Modern location: Izmir (Turkey)
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Collection and inventory: Yavuz Tatış collection 2881
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Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Cruciform monogram
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 24
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Iconography: Cruciform invocative monogram without the vertex, of Laurent V or VIII type, completed with the usual tetragram, preserved only in the lower cantons.
Decoration: Circle of foliage
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Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Linear legend of 5 lines
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 24
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Edition

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1 (Θεοτόκε βοήθει) vel (Κύριε βοήθει) [τῷ σῷ] δούλῳ

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2[+ Κωνστ-]
3αντίν[ῳ (πρωτο)σ-]
4παθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στρ[α-]
5τηγῷ τῖ-
6[ς] Θρᾴκι(ς)

obv

.–.–.–Β–Θ–..–..–Λ

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1......
2ΝΤΙΝ...
3ΠΘ/ϗΣΤΡ.
4ΤΗΓΤΙ
5.ΘΡΚΙ/

Legend and translation

Κύριε vel Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Κωνσταντίνῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῖς Θρᾴκις.

Lord or Theotokos help your servant Constantine, protospatharios and strategos of Thrace.

References

Edition(s): Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 160-161
Parallel(s): No parallels known
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