SigiDoc: Seal of N., bishop of Magnesia

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: ―
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 21
Weight (g): 7,49
Channel orientation (clock): 12-6
Axis (clock): ―
Overstrike orientation (clock): ―
Execution: ―
Countermark: ―
Condition: Slightly indented at the openings of the channel; on the reverse, the beginning of the legend is crushed, over one or perhaps two lines.

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography with legend in columns
Field dimensions (mm): Diam. 21
Matrix: ―
Iconography: A half-length Virgin, slightly turned towards the Child whom she is carrying on her left arm, her right half raised in a gesture of adoration; the harmoniously folded veil, decorated with pearl lozenges, covers a thick head of hair. The Child, of handsome stature, his forehead covered with a high head of hair, is shown from the front, wearing the chiton and the himation, blessing and holding a closed scroll. The trace of the cross can be seen in the crushed nimbus, which partly covers the halo of pearls of the Theotokos.
Decoration: Circle of grenetis
Epigraphy: ―