Seal of Romanos, magistrosshow 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. 22
    Weight (g)
    9,19
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Traces of indentations at the openings of the channel; blank heavily trimmed at the top; letters partially broken.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C. second half
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Romanos
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Find place
    Asia Minor (West Turkey)
    Find date
    Find circumstances
    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 3034
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Saint Theodore standing on a rounded pedestal; the chlamys is broadly spread by the arms raised to shoulder height, the right hand holding high a long spear and the left a shield with the point enhanced by three pearls; the arms are placed on the ground
    Decoration
    Border of dots
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Border of dots
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    [Ὁ ἅ]γιο(ς) [Θεόδ]ορο(ς)
    rev
    1[- - -c. 1- - -]
    2[...?...]ΟΔΟ[..]
    3[.] Ῥωμαν-
    4οῦ μαγίσ-
    5τρου

    Diplomatic

    obv
    .|.|Γ|Ι|Ο/ Ο|Ρ|Ο/
    obv
    1...
    2ΟΔΟ..
    3.ΡΜΑΝ
    4ΜΑΓΙΣ
    5ΤΡΟΥ

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἃγιος Θεόδορος / ... ... Ῥωμανοῦ μαγίστρου.

    Saint Theodore... Romanos, magister.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 231-232
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references