Seal of Michael, imperial notarios and protonotarios of Thrakesionhide empty fields show empty fields
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Artifact

Type: Seal
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Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
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Dimensions (mm): Diam. 25
Weight (g): 12,14
Channel orientation (clock): 12-6
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Condition: Notch at the lower orifice of the canal; oxidised and slightly pressed; off-centre towards the top.

Dating

Date: 11th C. (middle)
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Dating criteria: Epigraphy, Titulature
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History

Category: Provincial administration
Issuer: Michael
Milieu: Civil
Gender: Male
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Modern location: Izmir (Turkey)
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Collection and inventory: Yavuz Tatış collection 2900
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Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography with legend in columns
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 24
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Iconography: Saint Michael, half-length, facing, wearing the right loros adorned with pearls, holding a sceptre in his right hand, the end of which is lost, and a globe in the other.
Decoration: Circle of grenetis
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Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Linear legend of 6 lines
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 24
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Edition

obv

Ἀ(ρ) χ(άγγελος)

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1+ Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
2Μιχ(αὴλ) βασιλ(ι)-
3κῷ νοταρ(ίῳ)
4(καὶ) (πρωτο)νοταρ(ί)ῳ
5τῶν Θρ(ᾳ)κ(η)-
6σίων

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1ΚΕ/Θ/
2ΜΧΙΑΣΙΛ/
3ΚΝΟΤΑΡ/
4ϗΑΝΟΤΑΡ/
5ΤΝΘΡ/Κ/
6ΣΙΝ

Legend and translation

Ἀρχάγγελος / + Κύριε βοήθει Μιχαὴλ βασιλικῷ νοταρίῳ καὶ πρωτονοταρίῳ τῶν Θρᾳκησίων.

Archangel. Lord help Michael, imperial notarios and protonotarios of Thrakesion.

References

Edition(s): Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 166
Parallel(s): No parallels known
Further references: No further references