Seal of Theodoros apo eparchonshow 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. 21
    Weight (g)
    10.6
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    12h
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Grey patina, blank slightly too small for the die.

    Dating

    Date
    7th/8th c.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Dignitaries
    Issuer
    Theodoros
    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-7
    Acquisition

    Auction

    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cross at the begenning of the legend. Wreath border.
    Epigraphy
    Ζ retrograde

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 3 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cross at the beginning of the legend. Wreath border.
    Epigraphy

    Images

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    RTI

    obverse

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1Θε-
    2οτόκε
    3βοήθη
    rev
    4Θεο-
    5δώρῳ
    6ἀπὸ ἐπά-
    7ρχων

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1+θε
    2οτοκε
    3βοηθη
    rev
    4+Θεο
    5Δωρω
    6ποεπ
    7ρχων

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει/ Θεοδώρῳ ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων.

    Mother of God, help Theodoros apo eparchon.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    Tatis Collection, nο. 3021 – Cheynet, coll. Tatış, p.196, nο. 5.13, museum invetory nο. 3021.

    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    A similar specimen (not a parallel) has been published by Cheynet [1].

    Footnotes

    [1]. See Cheynet, Gökyıldırım, Bulgurlu, coll. Istanbul, p. 399, nο.5.21.