Seal of Anastasios, imperial protospatharios and epi ton oikeiakonshow 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. 23
    Weight (g)
    6,12
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    ―
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Thick indentation at the upper opening of the channel; strongly crushed on one side of the blank on both surfaces.

    Dating

    Date
    10th C. second half
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Anastasios
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Find place
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    Find date
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    Find circumstances
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
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    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 2776
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Large bird, facing left
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 23
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls; legend preceded by a cross
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Edition

    Interpretive

    rev
    1+ Κ(ύρι)ε βο-
    2ή[θ]ει Ἀνα-
    3σ[τα]σ(ίῳ) β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σ-
    4π[αθ(αρίῳ)] (καὶ) ἐπὶ
    5τ[ῶ(ν)] (ο)ἰκ(ε)ια[κ(ῶν)]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1ΕΟ
    2Η̣.ΕΙΑΝΑ
    3Σ..ΣΑΣ
    4..SΕΙ
    5Τ.ΙΙΑ̣.

    Legend and translation

    + Κύριε βοήθει Ἀναστασίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν οἰκειακῶν.

    Lord help Anastasios, imperial protospatharios and epi ton oikeiakon.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 243
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references