Seal of Photios (?)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. 18
    Weight (g)
    5,68
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Clearly indented at the orifices of the slanting canal.

    Dating

    Date
    7th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Private
    Issuer
    Photios?
    Milieu: Private
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Find place
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2316
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Monogram, other forms
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Border of foliage; between the letters are a small cross at the top and a six-pointed star at the base
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek in Latin script
    Layout of field
    Monogram, other forms
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Border of foliage
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει)
    rev
    2(Φωτίῳ)(?)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1ΘΒ
    obv
    2ΤΙ

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει / Φωτίῳ.

    Mother of God help Photios.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 364
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references