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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 15
    Weight (g)
    4,12
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Countermark
    Condition
    Notched at the channel openings; traces of oxidation on both sides

    Dating

    Date
    11th C. (second half)
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Onomastics
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Private
    Issuer
    Leon Korinthios
    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 2617
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with legend in columns
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 15
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Saint Michael, full-length, wings spread wide, wearing a right loros decorated with large pearls, the flap of which falls over his left arm, holding a long sceptre in his right hand, which is resting on the ground, and an uncruciform globe in the other.
    Decoration
    Circle of pearls
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 15
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Legend preceded by a cross
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    (Ὁ ἅγιος) Γε ώργ(ιος)
    rev
    1+ Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ)
    3Λέοντι
    4το Κορι(ν)-
    5θ(ί)ῳ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    |Γ|Ε–|Ρ|Γ
    rev
    1̅Ε̅Θ
    2ΤΣΔ
    3ΛΕΟΝΤΙ
    4ΤΟΟΡΙ
    5Θ̅̅

    Legend and translation

    Μιχαίλ. / + Γραφὰς σφραγίζει Μιχαὴλ Διογένους.

    Michael seals the writings for Diogenes.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Cheynet, coll. Tatış, 325
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references