Seal of N. imperial protospatharios epi tou chrysotriklinou and strategos of Cephalonia and Nikopolist1show empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20-23
    Weight (g)
    7.2
    Channel orientation (clock)
    1-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Slightly corroded, struck off-centre to the upper left on the obverse, blank too small for the die.

    Dating

    Date
    mid-10th c.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Iconography, Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration.
    Issuer
    N.
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
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    Find date
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    Find circumstances
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    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany )
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection Kr-1
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend; along the circumference, within concentric borders of dots, the circular inscription begins with a cross at 7 o'clock.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Patriarchal cross (with a X at the lower transverse bar) mounted on three steps. Fleurons on either side. In the upper field, a decoration of a pellet at left and right.
    Decoration
    Cross at the beginning of the legend. Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 6 lines, the first line is missing.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    No border visible.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1[Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σ]ῷ δούλῳ
    rev
    2[⁦ - - - - - - - - - - ⁩]
    3[β(ασιλικῷ)] (πρωτο)σπαθ[(α)ρ(ίῳ)]
    4(καὶ) ἐπὶ τ(οῦ) χρυσο-
    5τρι(κλίνου) (καὶ) στρατ(ηγῷ)
    6Κ(ε)φα(λ)λι(νίας) (καὶ) Νι-
    7κοπό[λ(εως)]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1…. Ω̣δουλω
    rev
    2….
    3.Ασπαθ.
    4Ṣεπιτχρυσο̣
    5τριSστρατ
    6κ̣φαʹλιSΝΙ
    7Κ̣Οπ̣ο.

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / … βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ χρυσοτρικλίνου καὶ στρατηγῷ Κεφαλληνίας καὶ Νικοπόλεως.

    Lord, help your servant … basilikos protospatharios epi tou chrysotriklinou and strategos of Cephalonia and Nikopolis.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Feind 2010, p. 171-173, no. 18 .
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references