Seal of Constantine, apo hypaton (?), 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. 27
    Weight (g)
    18,61
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Field indented at several points; bevelled blank; slightly oxidised

    Dating

    Date
    6th-7th C.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Constantine
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2561
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Block monogram
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 17
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Original compact monogram, formed around the letter Π whose diagonal draws Ν, at the base  on the left and  on the right; at the top O on the left and Υ on the right. The right-hand haste has K inscribed in the centre of Σ; the left-hand haste forms T, below which is a crosslet pattée
    Decoration
    Border of foliage
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 3 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 17
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    (Κωνσταντίνου ὑπάτου)(?) vel (Κωνσταντίνου ἀπὸ ὑπάτων)(?)
    rev
    1ἀπὸ
    2ἐπάρ-
    3χων

    Diplomatic

    obv
    Ο–Υ––––Π–Ν
    rev
    1ΑΠ
    2ΟΕΠΑΡ
    3ΧΩΝ

    Legend and translation

    Κωνσταντίνου ὑπάτου (vel ἀπὸ ὑπάτων) / ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων.

    (Seal of) Constantine hypatos (or ἀπὸ ὑπάτων), apo eparchon.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 190-191
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references