Seal of Symeon, imperial protospatharios and strategos 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. 34
Weight (g): 23,32
Channel orientation (clock): 12-6
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Condition: Slightly indented at the channel openings; little wear; trimmed at the bottom of the blank.

Dating

Date: 8th-9th C.
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Dating criteria: Epigraphy, Titulature
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History

Category: Provincial administration
Issuer: Symeon
Milieu: Military
Gender: Male
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Modern location: Izmir (Turkey)
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Collection and inventory: Yavuz Tatış collection 1769
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Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Cruciform monogram
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 34
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Iconography: Invocative cruciform monogram of Laurent VIII type with long axes; the characters B at the base and RW at the ends of the vertical axis are very small in size.
Decoration: Circle of foliage
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Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Cruciform monogram
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 34
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Edition

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1(Κύριε βοήθει) τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

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2(Θεοτόκε βοήθει)

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3Συμεὼν β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στρα(τηγῷ) τ(ῶν) Θρᾳκ(ησίων)

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Κ––Ρ–Η–Β–Θ–Τ–Σ–ΔΛ

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1ΣΥΜΕΝ/Α/ΣΠΑΘϗΣΤΡΑ/Τ/ΘΡΑΚ/

Legend and translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Θεοτόκε βοήθει Συμεὼν βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καί στρατηγῷ τῶν Θρᾳκησίων.

Lord help your servant. Theotokos help Symeon imperial protospatharios and strategos of Thrakesion.

References

Edition(s): Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 169-170
Parallel(s): No parallels known
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