Seal of Philateros, apo eparchonshow 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. 21
    Weight (g)
    13,5
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Flan trimmed around the edges; some oxidation

    Dating

    Date
    7th-8th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Onomastics
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Philaretos (PLRE: PLRE Philaretus 2)
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Find place
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2322
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Cruciform monogram
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Aigle essorante de face, tête tournée vers la droite ; entre les ailes éployées verticalement, monogramme invocatif cruciforme de type Laurent I
    Decoration
    Circle of foliage
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Legend surmounted by a cross
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει)
    rev
    2Φιλα-
    3ρέτῳ ἀ-
    4πὸ ἐπά-
    5ρχων

    Diplomatic

    obv
    Η––Ο–Τ–Κ–Β
    rev
    1
    2ΙΛΑ
    3ΡΕΤ
    4ΠΟΕΠΑ
    5ΡΧΝ

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει / + Φιλαρέτῳ ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων.

    Theotokos help Philaretos, apo eparchon.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 195
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references