Seal of Leontios, monkshow 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. 23
    Weight (g)
    7,26
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Notched at the openings of the canal; very heavily trimmed at the top of the field; small crushing points

    Dating

    Date
    10th-11th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Secular Church
    Issuer
    Leontios
    Milieu: Monastic
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2360
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Bust of Saint Pantelemon, facing front, with a chubby, beardless face and abundant curly hair, holding an unclear object in each hand, a spoon in his right hand and a cassolette in the other?
    Decoration
    Circle of grenetis
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Legend preceded by a cross and followed by a rhombus of pearls surrounded by dashes.
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a[(Ὁ ἅγιος) Π]αν bτελεή(μων)
    rev
    1+ Κ(ύρι)ε βο-
    2ήθ(ει) Λεον-
    3τίῳ μο-
    4ναχῷ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    .|.|ΑΝ̣Τ|Ε|ΛΕ|Η̣
    rev
    1Κ̅Ε̅̣Ο
    2Η̣ΘΛΕΟΝ
    3ΤΙΜ̣Ο
    4ΝΑΧ̣
    5

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Παντελεήμων / + Κύριε βοήθει Λεοντίῳ μοναχῷ.

    Saint Panteleemon. Lord help Leontios, monk.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 316
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references