Seal of Basileios Apokapes, proedros and douxshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-HDlFKC

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Weight (g)
    13.1
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Blank too small for the die, weak imprint.

    Dating

    Date
    11th c., second half
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Basileios Apokapes(PBW: Basileios 101)
    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 SB-115
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of St Basil. Details indistinct. Legend on either side with letters in cross shape.
    Decoration
    No border visible.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Above the legend, a decoration consists of a cross between two dashes. Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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    RTI

    obverse

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    Ὁ ἅγιος [Β]ασί[λ]ε[ιο(ς)]
    rev
    1Κ(ύρι)ε βο(ή)θ(ει)
    2Βασιλίω
    3[π]ροέδρ(ῳ) (καί)
    4δοὺξ τ(ῷ) Ἀ-
    5ποκ(ά)π(ῃ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    o|a|γ|ι|οσ .|α|Σ|Ι|.|ε..
    rev
    
    1ΚΕΒοΘ,
    2βασιλι
    3.ροεδρ,s
    4δ̣ξτα
    5π̣ο̣κπ̣

    Legend and translation

    Κύριε βοήθει Βασιλείω προέδρῳ καὶ δοὺξ τῷ Ἀποκάπῃ.

    Lord, help Basileios Apokapes, proedros and doux.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    (1) Theodoridis Collection, no. 548 – Cheynet, Theodoridis, coll. Theodoridis, 2010, no. 12 ;
    (2) Zeus Numismatics, Auction 13 (31 October 2020), lot 1123.
    Further references
    (1) also mentioned in Prigent, Cheynet, Erdoğan, 2020, 24 .

    Commentary

    The seal inscription shows an alternating use of the dative and the nominative. On another very similar seal type the same inscription is entirely in the dative.[1]

    Footnotes

    [1] (1) Gaziantep, Museum of Archeology, no. 2010.2.18, published in Erdoğan, 2018, p. 86-87, no. 3 ; Prigent, Cheynet, Erdoğan, 2020, p. 24-25 ; the seal is also mentioned in Grünbart, 1998, p. 38-39 and note 34 ; Cheynet, 1994, p. 423, note 79 ; (2) Antakya, Hatay Archaeology Museum, no. 2 (Khoury Collection) published in Cheynet, coll. Khoury, 2003, p. 425, no. 7 (= Auctions 2002-2006, 130, no. 7 ). It is unclear to which seal type belongs a seal of Basileios Apokapes, proedros and doux auctioned in a lot with other specimens, see Münz Zentrum, Auction 76 (10–12 November 1993), lot 1390, mentioned by Cheynet, Theodoridis, coll. Theodoridis, 2010, p. 25, note 60 ; Grünbart, 1998, p. 39, note 34 ; Cheynet, coll. Khoury, 2003, p. 425 ; Prigent, Cheynet, Erdoğan, 2020, 25 .