Seal of Herakleios patrikiosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-1czLH6

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22-24
    Weight (g)
    13.3
    Channel orientation (clock)
    7-12
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Well centered, chipped at both ends of the channel at on one side.

    Dating

    Date
    Late 7th c. – before 705.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Herakleios
    Milieu: Aristocracy
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Find place
    Find date
    Find circumstances
    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany )
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection S-4
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Below the legend, a tendril decoration. Wreath border.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Above the legend, a cross. Wreath border.
    Epigraphy

    Images

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    RTI

    obverse

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Θεοτ-
    2όκε βο-
    3ήθει
    rev
    4Ἡράκλ-
    5είῳ πατ-
    6ρικίῳ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1ΘΕΟΤ
    2οκεβο
    3ηθει
    
    rev

    4Ηρακλ
    5ειωπατ̣
    6piκιω

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει / Ἡράκλείῳ πατρικίῳ.

    Mother of God, help Herakleios patrikios.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    (1) Marmaris Museum, no. 35.6.94 – Laflı 2019, p. 351-352, no. 5 ;
    (2) Triton, Auction XI (8–9 January 2008), lot 1129, from the Robert E. Hecht Collection (= Auctions 2007-2011, p. 188, no. 1129 );
    from different boulloteria: (3) Fogg 1421 (Zacos Collection) – Zacos, 1, no. 849a , mentioned in Laflı 2019, p. 351, note 33 and Laflı 2021, p. 21, note 66 ;
    (4) DO BZS.1955.1.1997 (Zacos Collection) – Zacos, 1, no. 849b ; DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1955.1.1997 ;
    (5) (6) Bergama Museum nos. 2.7.99 and 5.7.99 – Laflı 2021, p. 21-23, nos. 11 and 12 ;
    (7) Münz Zentrum, Auction 142 (9–10 January 2008), lot 541; Münz Zentrum, Auction 138-139 (4–6 July 2007), lot 463 (= Auctions 2007-2011, p. 174, no. 463 ); Schenk-Behrens Nachf., Auction 87 (20 February 2004), lot 530 (= Auctions 2002-2006, p. 193, no. 530 ); Dr. Busso Peus, Auction 376 (29–30 October 2003), lot 1315 (= Auctions 2002-2006, p. 182, no. 1315 );
    (8) Obolos by Nomos, Web Auction 14 (15 December 2019), lot 652;
    (9) Münzen Auktion Essen (Schenk-Behrens), stock list no. 7 (January 2001), lot 322; Münz Zentrum, Auction 107 (30 May – 1 June 2001), lot 277; Hirsch, Auction 209 (3–5 Mai 2000), lot 696;
    (10) DO BZS.1958.106.2343 – DO Seals, Online Catalogue, BZS.1958.106.2343 ;
    (11) Körner Collection (Linz, Austria), no. 10 – unpublished, mentioned in Laflı 2019, p. 351 and Laflı 2021, p. 21, note 68 .
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    The issuer[1] was probably the brother of emperor Tiberios III Apsimaros and was appointed by him as commander-in-chief (monostrategos) of Asia Minor. He was captured and hanged after the return of Iustinianos II.

    Footnotes

    [1]. PmbZ Online, 2561 ; see also PmbZ Online, 2560 and 2558 .