Seal of Andreas, koubikoulariosshow 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. 20
    Weight (g)
    12,64
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Barely indented at the channel openings; blank too small; worn on both sides; off-centre to the left on the reverse side.

    Dating

    Date
    7th C. (middle)
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Onomastics, Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Central administration
    Issuer
    Andreas (PBE: PBE Andreas 1)
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Eunuch
    Place of origin
    Find place
    Pergamon (Bergama)
    Find date
    Find circumstances
    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2670
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Mounted horseman galloping to the right, cloak billowing in the wind; head shown in profile, wearing a high closed cap, a sort of tiara; the effigy brandishes a scroll in his left hand.
    Decoration
    Border of pearls
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek in Latin script
    Layout of field
    Cruciform monogram
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Cruciform monogram with RW at the top, e on the left, N on the right and D at the base. containing A. The inscriptions in the cantons are in Latin characters.
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    rev
    1(Ἀνδρέου) cubicu[l]ar[iu]

    Diplomatic

    rev
    .–.–Ρ–Ν–. .–. |.–|.

    Legend and translation

    Ἀνδρέου cubiculariu.

    Andreas, koubikoularios.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 176-177
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references