Seal of Nikolaos, apo eparchonshow 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. 28
    Weight (g)
    15,01
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Notched at the canal openings; pressed and moderately oxidised on both sides

    Dating

    Date
    7th-8th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Nikolaos (PBE: PMBZ Nikolaos 5543)
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2261
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Cruciform monogram
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 28
    Matrix
    Iconography
    A soaring eagle, head with hooked beak, turned to the right, holding an invocative cruciform monogram of the Laurent I type between its outstretched wings.
    Decoration
    Circle of foliage
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 4 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 28
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Legend preceded by a cross
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει)
    rev
    2+ Νι-
    3κολάῳ
    4ἀπὸ ἐπ-
    5ά[ρ]χ(ων)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    Η––Ο–Τ–Κ–Β–Θ
    rev
    1ΝΙ
    2ΟΛΑΩ
    3ΑΠΟΕΠ
    4Α.Χ

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει / + Νικολάῳ ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων.

    Theotokos help Nikolaos, apo eparchon.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 195
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references