Seal of Andreas, imperial spatharios, xenodochos, bardarios and kommerkiarios of Thessalonikishow 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. 26
    Weight (g)
    9,25
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Indented at the channel orifices and on the left on the reverse; flank broken on one side and crushed on the other.

    Dating

    Date
    10th C. (middle)
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Andreas
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Find place
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2920
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Matrix
    Iconography
    A slender patriarchal cross, raised on three steps and adorned with a three-pointed finial up to mid-field and a star on either side of the upper crosspiece. At the circumference, between the circle of pearls enclosing the cross and that delimiting the entire field, an invocative legend beginning with a cross at the top.
    Decoration
    Crown of pearls
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 26
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1+ Κ(ύρι)ε βο[ήθει τῷ σ]ῷ δού[λῳ Ἀ]νδρ(έᾳ)
    rev
    2+ Ἁνδρέ[ας]
    3β(ασιλικὸς) σπαθ(άριος) ξ[εν-]
    4ωδώχος [καὶ]
    5βαρδ(άριος) (καὶ) κου[μ(μερκιάριος) Θ-]
    6εσ(σ)αλο[ν(ίκης)]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    ΚΕΟ......ΝΡ
    rev
    1ΑΝΡΕ..
    2ΣΠΑΘ..
    3ΧΟΣ...
    4ΑΡϗΚ..
    5ΕΣΑΛΟ.

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀνδρέᾳ / + Ἀνδρέας βασιλικὸς σπαθάριος ξενωδώχος καὶ βαρδάριος καὶ κουμμερκιάριος Θεσσαλονίκης.

    Lord help your servant Andreas. Andreas, imperial spatharios, xenodochos, bardarios and kommerkiarios of Thessaloniki.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 159
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references