Artifact

Type

Seal

General layout

Iconography and legend

Matrix

SigiDoc ID: 14

Physical description

Type of impression

Original impression

Material

Lead

Dimensions (mm)

Diam. 23

Weight (g)

―

Axis (clock)

―

Overstrike orientation (clock)

Not applicable

Channel orientation (clock)

―

Execution

Struck

Countermark

None

Lettering

―

Shape

Round

Condition

Etat de conservation moyen au droit, correct au revers ; non nettoyé ; échancré à l’orifice supérieur du canal ; frappe légèrement non centrée

Dating

Date

11th C., middle

Internal date

None

Dating criteria

lettering

Alternative dating

―

History

Seal's context

Ecclesiastical seals

Issuer

Nikephoros

Issuer's milieu

Monastic

Place of origin

―

Find place

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Find date

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Find circumstances

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Modern location

Italy

Institution and repository

―

Collection and inventory

Sopracasa collection 27

Acquisition

Ebay auction; seller: Ancient Treasures (USA); according to the seller, the seal would have been found in former Yugoslavia

Previous locations

―

Modern observations

―

Inscribed field - Obverse

Layout of field

Iconography

Field's dimensions (mm)

―

Matrix

Not applicable

Iconography

Buste de saint militaire dont le bouclier est bien visible. La coiffure bouclée et le visage très rond renvoient a priori à saint Georges. Traces du vocable.

Decoration

Bordure de grènetis résiduelle

Inscribed field - Reverse

Layout of field

Metrical legend of 4 lines

Field's dimensions (mm)

―

Matrix

Not applicable

Iconography

―

Decoration

Cercle de grènetis; motif décoratif suivant la légende, qui était sans doute précédée d’un même motif sur une ligne perdue

Text

Language(s)

Byzantine greek

Edition(s)

Sopracasa, Prigent, coll. Sopracasa, 2017, 34, p. 750.

Commentary on edition(s)

None

Parallel(s)

No parallels known

Commentary on parallel(s)

None

Edition