Seal of Leon o tou Depotatos, protospatharios and strategosshow 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. 21
    Weight (g)
    8,79
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    ―
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Notched at the canal orifices; blank too small; slightly worn on both sides.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C. first half
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Leon Depotatos
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
    Kotiaeion, Opsikion (Kütahya)
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
    ―
    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2687
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of Saint Michael, wearing the right loros bordered by two strands of large pearls, holding a sceptre in his right hand and a globe in his left
    Decoration
    Border of dots
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 21
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots; legend preceded by a cross and surmounted by a pearl flanked by dashes
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    Μι χ(αήλ)
    rev

    1Λέον(τι)
    2[(πρωτο)]σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ)
    3στρατ(ηγῷ) ὡ
    4[τ]οῦ Δεπ(οτάτου) vel
    1Λέον(τι)
    2[(πρωτο)]σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ)
    3στρατ(ηγὸς) ὡ
    4[τ]οῦ Δεπ(οτάτου)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    Μ|Ι Χ
    rev
    
    1ΛΕΟΝ
    2.ΣΠΑΘ/ϗ
    3ΣΤΡΑΤ/
    4.ΔΕΠ̅/

    Legend and translation

    Μιχαήλ / + Λέοντι πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ ὡ τοῦ Δεποτάτου vel Λέων πρωτοσπαθαρίος καὶ στρατηγός ὡ τοῦ Δεποτάτου.

    Michael. Leon o tou Depotatos protospatharios and strategos

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 91-92
    Parallel(s)
    ,
    Further references
    No further references