Seal of Sergios II, patriarch of Constantinopleshow 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)
    13,85
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Blank too small and trimmed around the edge; on the right, deformations due to metallic concretions; worn on both sides.

    Dating

    Date
    1001-1019
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Prosopography, Titulature
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Secular Church
    Issuer
    Sergios (PmbZ: PMBZ Sergios 27044)
    Milieu: Secular Church
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Find place
    Asia Minor (West Turkey)
    Find date
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    Modern location
    Izmir (Turkey)
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Yavuz Tatış collection 3031
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Saint Sergius, full face, beardless, surrounded by medium-length curly hair, wearing a breastplate.
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 6 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 27
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Legend surmounted and followed by a cross of pearls accosted by dashes
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    (Ὁ ἅγιος) Σέρ γιος
    obv
    1+ Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
    rev
    2Σεργίῳ
    3ἀρχιεπι-
    4σκ(όπῳ) Κωνσταν-
    5τινουπόλ(εως)
    6Νέας Ῥώ-
    7μ(ης)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    |Σ|ΕΡΓ|ΙΟ|Σ
    obv
    1̣Κ̣ΕΟΗΘ̣ΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ
    rev
    2
    3ΣΕΡΓΙ
    4ΑΡΧΙΕΠΙ
    5ΣΝΣΤΑΝ
    6ΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛ
    7Ν̣Ε̣ΑΣΡ
    8Μ̣

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Σέργιος. Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. / Σεργίῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Νέας Ῥώμης.

    Mother of God. Mother of God help your servant Nikolaos, archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 279-280
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references