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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)

14,19

Channel orientation (clock)

12-6

Axis (clock)

―

Overstrike orientation (clock)

―

Execution

―

Countermark

―

Condition

Notched at the orifices of the canal; slightly off-centre strike; clearly trimmed at the top of the field

Dating

Date

11th C. (second half)

Internal date

―

Dating criteria

Epigraphy, Onomastics, Parallel

Alternative date

―

History

Category

Private

Issuer

Michael Diogenes
Milieu: Civil
Gender: Male

Place of origin

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Find place

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Find date

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Find circumstances

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Modern location

Izmir (Turkey)

Institution and repository

―

Collection and inventory

Yavuz Tatış collection 2866

Acquisition

―

Previous locations

―

Modern observations

―

Obverse

Language(s)

Greek

Layout of field

Iconography with legend in columns

Field dimensions (mm)

Diam. 25

Matrix

―

Iconography

Saint Michael, full-length, wings spread wide, wearing a right loros decorated with large pearls, the flap of which falls over his left arm, holding a long sceptre in his right hand, which is resting on the ground, and an uncruciform globe in the other.

Decoration

Circle of pearls

Epigraphy

―

Reverse

Language(s)

Greek

Layout of field

Linear legend of 5 lines

Field dimensions (mm)

Diam. 25

Matrix

―

Iconography

Legend preceded and followed by a cross; at the top and base of the field, a pearl between dashes

Decoration

―

Epigraphy

―

Legend and translation

Μιχαίλ. / + Γραφὰς σφραγίζει Μιχαὴλ Διογένους.

Michael seals the writings for Diogenes.

References

Edition(s)

Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 323

Parallel(s)

No parallels known

Further references

No further references