Seal of Basileios kourator of the strategosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-SI3BX1

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19
    Weight (g)
    6.6
    Channel orientation (clock)
    1-7
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Green patina, weakly imprinted, blank slightly too small for the die.

    Dating

    Date
    9th c., second half – early 10th c.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Iconography, Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration.
    Issuer
    Basileios
    Milieu: *untranslated*; Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
    ―
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
    ―
    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany )
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection Κr-81
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Patriarchal cross mounted on three steps. Along the circumference, within concentric borders of dots, a circular inscription beginning with a cross at 7 o'clock.
    Decoration
    Cross at the begenning of the legend. Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Cross at the beginning of the legend. Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
    rev
    2Βασι-
    3λίῳ κου-
    4ράτωρι τ-
    5οῦ στρα-
    6τιγοῦ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1+ΚΕΟΗΘΗΤCΔΟυΛ
    rev
    2+RACI
    3ΛIKOV
    4RATRIT
    5OVCTPA
    6TIΓOV

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ/ Βασιλίῳ κουράτωρι τοῦ στρατιγοῦ.

    Lord, help your servant Basileios kourator of the strategos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes