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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)
    9,75
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Notched at the channel openings; oxidised on both sides; very worn on the reverse.

    Dating

    Date
    9th/10th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Peter
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 70
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Small patriarchal cross raised on three steps, without decoration
    Decoration
    Nimbus of pearls
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Nimbus of pearls; legend preceded by a cross; the last line is flanked by dashes
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1+ Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
    rev
    2+ Πέτρ-
    3ο βασιληκ-
    4ῷ (πρωτο)σπαθα-
    5ρήῳ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1ΚΕΟΗΘΗΤΣΔΟΥΛ
    obv
    2Π̣ΕΤΡΟ
    3ΣΙΛΗΚ
    4̣ΣΠΘ
    5Ρ̣Η̣̣

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Πέτρο βασιληκῷ πρωτοσπαθαρήῳ.

    Lord help your servant Peter, imperial protospatharios.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 252
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references