Seal of Constantine, imperial spatharokandidatos and ek prosopou of Thrakesionhide 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. 31
Weight (g): 15,68
Channel orientation (clock): 12-6
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Condition: Clearly indented at the channel openings; partially broken blank; oxidising.

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 2359
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Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Cruciform monogram
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 31
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Iconography: Cruciform cruciform invocative of the type Laurent V, with the usual tetragram.
Decoration: Circle of foliage
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Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Linear legend of 5 lines
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 31
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Edition

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1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει) τῷ σῷ [δού]λῳ

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2+ Κωνσ-
3[τ]αντ(ίνῳ) β(ασιλικῷ) σπα-
4[θα]ρ(ο)κανδ(ιδάτῳ) κ(αὶ) ἐ-
5[κ] προσόπ(ου) [τῳ-]
6ν Θρ[ᾳκ(ησίων)]

obv

Κ–Ο–Τ–.–.–Θ–Τ–Σ–..Λ

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1ΚΝΣ
2.ΑΝΤ/Β/ΣΠΑ
3..Ρ/ΚΑΝΔ/ΚΕ
4.ΠΡΟΣΟΠ..
5ΝΘΡ..

Legend and translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Κωνσταντίνῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ ἐκ προσόπου τῶν Θρᾳκησίων.

Theotokos help your servant Constantine, imperial spatharokandidatos and ek prosopou of Thrakesion.

References

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