Seal of Constantine, metropolitanshow 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. 26
    Weight (g)
    14,46
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Clearly indented; oxidised, especially on the right side

    Dating

    Date
    8th C. (first half)
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Secular Church
    Issuer
    Constantine
    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 2332
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Bust of a nimbed, bearded saint who appears to be wearing a cruciger crown with pendilia and a loros, his gestures are indistinct. It could be Saint Constantine
    Decoration
    Crown of foliage
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a[...?...] b[...?...]
    rev
    1+ Κων-
    2σταντί-
    3νῳ μητ-
    4ροπολί-
    5τῃ

    Diplomatic

    rev
    ΚΝ
    1ΣΤΑΝΤΙ
    2ΝΜΗΤ
    3ΡΟΠΟΛΙ
    4Τ̣Η̣

    Legend and translation

    / + Κωνσταντίνῳ μητροπολίτῃ.

    (Seal of) Constantine, metropolitan.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 307
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references