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Physical description
- Medium
- Original impression
- Material
- Lead
- Shape
- ―
- Dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 29
- Weight (g)
- 18,57
- Channel orientation (clock)
- 12-6
- Axis (clock)
- ―
- Overstrike orientation (clock)
- ―
- Execution
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- Countermark
- ―
- Condition
- Slightly indented at the channel orifices; slight traces of wear on both sides.
Dating
- Date
- post 1059
- Internal date
- ―
- Dating criteria
- Epigraphy
- Alternative date
- ―
History
- Category
- Dignitaries
- Issuer
- John Doukas(PBW: PBW Ioannes 62)
Milieu: Civil
Gender: Male - Place of origin
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- Find place
- Kaystros valley (Cayster)
- Find date
- ―
- Find circumstances
- ―
- Modern location
- Izmir (Turkey)
- Institution and repository
- ―
- Collection and inventory
- Yavuz Tatış collection 2701
- Acquisition
- ―
- Previous locations
- ―
- Modern observations
- ―
Obverse
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Iconography with circular legend
- Field dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 29
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- Bust of the Virgin Mary, holding in both hands a large medallion showing the bust of the Child with a cruciferous nimbus
- Decoration
- Border of pearls
- Epigraphy
- ―
Reverse
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Iconography with circular legend
- Field dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 29
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- Bust of the Caesar with a beard and moustache; wearing a pearl diadem topped with a cross, he is wearing the chitôn under a chlamyde richly laced with pearls, held in place by a jewelled fibula on the right shoulder, and holding a cross in his right hand and the akakia in the other
- Decoration
- Border of pearls
- Epigraphy
- ―
Edition
Legend and translation
Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Ἰωάννῃ τῷ εὐτυχεστάτῳ καίσαρι.
Mother of God. Mother of God help your servant John, the most fortunate kaisar.
References
- Edition(s)
- Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 207-208
- Parallel(s)
- No parallels known
- Further references
- No further references