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. 27
    Weight (g)
    13,91
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Large blank, very clearly indented at the channel openings; oxidation marks, especially on the reverse.

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Michael
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2824
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Bust of Archangel Michael, beardless, with thick hair in headbands tied with ribbons flowing behind the neck ; a crossed lôros, made up of squares adorned with large pearls, covers the drooping shoulders, behind which the open wings fall back instead of spreading out on either side along the border; the archangel appears to be holding a spear in his left hand, with a sharp point, and a trident-tipped sceptre in the other
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Border containing eight spaced pearls, inserted between two circles of dots
    Decoration
    Legend preceded by a cross
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Ἀρχ[άγγε]λ[ε β(οή)θ(ει)] τῷ σ(ῷ) δ(ούλῳ)
    rev
    2+ Μιχα-
    3[ὴλ] β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπ-
    4αθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) ἐπὴ
    5τῶν ὑκ(ε)ι-
    6ακον

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1ΑΡΧ̣...Λ̣...ΤΣΔ
    obv
    2ΜΙΧΑ
    3..ΑΣΠ
    4Α̣ΘSΕΠΗ
    5Τ̣ΝΥΚΙ
    6Α̣ΚΟΝ

    Legend and translation

    Ἀρχάγγελε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Μιχαὴλ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐπὴ τῶν ὑκειακῶν.

    Archangel help your servant Michael, imperial protospatharios and epi ton oikeiakon.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 250-251
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references