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Physical description
- Medium
- Original impression
- Material
- Lead
- Shape
- ―
- Dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 19
- Weight (g)
- 7,29
- Channel orientation (clock)
- 12-6
- Axis (clock)
- ―
- Overstrike orientation (clock)
- ―
- Execution
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- Countermark
- ―
- Condition
- Slightly indented at the canal orifices; very heavily trimmed at the top of the field; wear on both sides.
Dating
- Date
- 11th C. (second half)
- Internal date
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- Dating criteria
- Epigraphy, Onomastics, Parallel
- Alternative date
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History
- Category
- Private
- Issuer
- Nikolaos Dermokaites
Milieu: Civil
Gender: Male - Place of origin
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- Modern location
- Izmir (Turkey)
- Institution and repository
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- Collection and inventory
- Yavuz Tatış collection 2374
- Acquisition
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- Previous locations
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- Modern observations
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Obverse
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Iconography with legend in columns
- Field dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 19
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- Bust of the Virgin Mary, front on, praying, with the medallion on her chest. On either side, above the open palms, the initials, visible on the right only, Θ̅Υ. The entire upper part of the field around the nimbus of pearls is trimmed, which contained the beginning of an invocative legend, according to the coins parallel.
- Decoration
- Circle of grenetis
- Epigraphy
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Reverse
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Iconography with circular legend
- Field dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 19
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- Saint Michael, full face, in bust, of a smaller module smaller than the obverse; the outstretched wings are flung to the sides; the archangel holds in his right hand a sceptre sceptre in his right hand and a globe in his left. At the circumference, between the crown enclosing the effi gy and the circle enclosing the entire field, a legend begins at the top, the beginning of which, containing the name, is lost here, but has been restored thanks to the parallel piece on sale.
- Decoration
- Circle of grenetis
- Epigraphy
- ―
Edition
Legend and translation
Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Θεοτόκε βοήθει / Νικολάῳ τῷ Δερμοκαήτῃ.
Mother of God. Theotokos help Nikolaos Dermokaites.
References
- Edition(s)
- Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 322
- Parallel(s)
- No parallels known
- Further references
- No further references