Seal of Nikolaos II (Chrysoberges), patriarch of Constantinopleshow 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. 43
    Weight (g)
    47,5
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Slightly indented at the canal openings; slightly worn on both sides

    Dating

    Date
    980-992
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Prosopography, Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Secular Church
    Issuer
    Nikolaos Chrysoberges(PmbZ: PMBZ Nikolaos 26019)
    Milieu: Secular Church
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 899
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 40
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Full-length Virgin Hodegetria, front view, head turned slightly towards the Child on her left arm. The Theotokos, standing on a rectangular support, is advancing towards the Child with her right hand, brought back in front of her, half open in a gesture of adoration. Christ, with a cruciform nimbus adorned with a pearl on each arm, holds a scroll in his left hand and blesses with the other.
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 40
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Legend surmounted and followed by a cross of pearls accosted by dashes
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aΜή(τη)ρ bΘ(εο)ῦ
    obv
    1+ Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
    rev
    2Νικολάῳ
    3ἀρχιεπισκό-
    4πῳ Κωνσταντι-
    5νουπόλεως Νέ-
    6ας Ῥώμης

    Diplomatic

    obv
    Θ̅Υ̅
    obv
    1ΘΚΕΟΗΘΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ
    rev
    2
    3ΝΙΚΟΛΑ
    4ΑΧΕΠΙΣΟ
    5ΠΝΣΤΑΝΤΙ
    6ΝΠΟΛΕΣΝΕ
    7ΑΣΜΗΣ̣
    8

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. + Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. / Νικολάῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Νέας Ῥώμης.

    Mother of God. Mother of God help your servant Nikolaos, archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 278-279
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references