SigiDoc: Seal of Theophylaktos, patrikios, praepositus and imperial sakellarios

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 27
Weight (g): 10,07
Channel orientation (clock): 12-6
Axis (clock): ―
Overstrike orientation (clock): ―
Execution: Struck
Countermark: ―
Condition: Blank a little too small and impression slightly off-centred; modest indentations in the channel openings; reverse's engraving of remarkable quality.

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Invocative cruciform monogram of the Laurent V type, completed in the quarters with the usual syllables.
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: ―
Decoration: Wreath border.
Epigraphy: ―

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1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει) [τ]ῷ σῷ δούλῳ

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2+Θεοφ-
3υλάκτῳ πα-
4τρικ(ίῳ) πραιπ[ο-]
5σίτ(ῃ) (καὶ) β(ασιλικῷ) σακ-
6{κ}ελαρ(ίῳ)

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1.–Τ.–––Θ .–Σ––Λ

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2ΘΕΟΦ
3ΥΛΚΤΠ̣
4ΤΡΙΚΠΡΙΠ.
5ΣΙΤϗΒΣΚ
6ΚΕΛΡ

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Θεοφυλάκτῳ πατρικίῳ, πραιποσίτῃ καὶ βασιλικῷ σακκελαρίῳ.

Mother of God help your servant Theophylaktos, patrikios, praepositus and imperial sakellarios.

Edition(s): Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 2.51.
Parallel(s): Sinon très proches, issus de deux boullôtèria différents (décalage d’une lettre, pas toujours clair selon l’état de conservation):
Fogg 823 = Collection Dumbarton Oaks, BZS.1958.106.5607: Zacos, 1, 2542 = Laurent, Corpus, 2, 753 = DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1958.106.5607;
Varsovie: Szemioth-Wasilewski, 1966, 39;
Musée de Selçuk: Cheynet, coll. Selçuk, 1999, 27 et pl. XLIII;
ANS Bellinger, inédit et sans photo, signalé par V. Laurent et W. Seibt, sans numéro;
deux autres plombs inédits dans les coll. Zacos;
Collection Kofopoulos 1672: Cheynet, coll. Kofopoulos, I, 2022, 2.184;
Deux copies métalliques sont issues d’un autre boullôtèrion car, à la 4e ligne, la graphie offre une variante, ΣΗΤ/Α et non ΣΙΤ: Laurent, coll. Vatican, 78; Seibt-Althoff, coll. Köhler-Osbahr, 7.
Further references: No further references