Seal of John, patrikios and strategos of Thrakesionshow 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. 29
    Weight (g)
    21,61
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Clearly indented at the canal orifices; worn on both sides

    Dating

    Date
    8th C. (first half)
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    John
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Find place
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2810
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Cruciform monogram
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 29
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Invocative cruciform monogram of the Laurent V type, completed in the cantons with the rarer tetragram.
    Decoration
    Circle of foliage
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 6 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 29
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει) τῷ δούλῳ σου
    rev
    3+ Ἰω[άν-]
    4νῃ πατρ[ι-]
    5κίῳ (καὶ) στρ[α-]
    6τηγῷ τῶ[ν]
    7Θρᾳκισ[ί-]
    8ων

    Diplomatic

    obv
    Κ–Τ–Η–Β–Θ–Τ–ΔΛ–Σ
    rev
    1Ι..
    2ΝΗΠΑΤΡ.
    3ΙϗΣΤΡ.
    4ΤΗΓΤ.
    5ΘΡΑΙΣ.
    6Ν

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ δούλῳ σου / + Ἰωάννῃ πατρικίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Θρᾳκισίων.

    Theotokos help your servant John, patrikios and strategos of the Thrakesion.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 166-167
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references