Seal of Michael, imperial protospatharios and epi ton oikeiakonshow 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. 22
    Weight (g)
    6,3
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Very slightly indented at the canal openings; partially crushed and oxidised on both sides.

    Dating

    Date
    10th C. middle
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Michael
    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 2777
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend and legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Bust of a saint with a pointy beard, hair gathered, wearing a mantle with a wide neckline decorated with three rhombuses of pearls on the shoulders, which is not a lôros despite the richness of the decoration, nor quite the episcopal pelonion; the hands are not visible, the left probably holding the Holy Book on a plate decorated with large pearls
    Decoration
    Circle of dots
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Circle of dots; legend preceded by a cross; at the top of it and perhaps at the base, a row of three pearls
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a[...?...] b Εὐ[σ]έ[βιος] vel Εὐ[γ]έ[νιος]
    obv
    1[...] β(οήθει) τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ)
    rev
    2+ Μιχαὴλ
    3βασιλικῷ
    4πρωτοσπαθ(αρίῳ)
    5(καὶ) ἐπὶ τῶ[ν] οἰ-
    6κειακῶ[ν]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    aΕΥ.Ε
    obv
    1...̣ΤΣΔ
    obv
    ̣
    2ΜΙΧΗΛ
    3ΣΙΛΙΚΩ
    4ΠΡΩΤΟΣΠ̣Θ̣
    5SΕΠΙΤΩ.ΟΙ
    6ΚΕΙ̣Κ̣Ω̣.
    ̣

    Legend and translation

    Εὐσέβιος vel Εὐγένιος / + Μιχαὴλ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν οἰκειακῶν.

    Eusebios or Eugenios. Michael, imperial protospatharios and epi ton oikeiakon.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 250
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references