Seal of Leon, bishop of Sion (?)show 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. 17
    Weight (g)
    4,48
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Notched at the canal orifices; trimmed at the top of the blank; crushed on both sides

    Dating

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

    History

    Category
    Secular Church
    Issuer
    Leon
    Milieu: Secular Church
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Find place
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2851
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 17
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Double cross patriarchal cross, raised on two steps resting on a globule and adorned with rich fleurons issuing from the base to the top
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 17
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Legend preceded by a cross
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1[.. ? ..]
    rev
    1[+] Λέ-
    2[ο]ντι
    3[ἐ]πισκ[ό-]
    4πῳ Σ[ι-]
    6ώ(ν)

    Diplomatic

    rev
    1.Λ̣Ε̣
    2.ΝΤΙ
    3.ΠΙΣΚ.
    4ΠΣ.
    5̣̣

    Legend and translation

    / + Λέοντι ἐπισκόπῳ Σιών.

    (Seal of) Leon, bishop of Sion.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 301
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references