Seal of Andronikos protospatharios and tagmatophylax …show empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-QTsqS7

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression.
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 14-24
    Weight (g)
    4.2
    Channel orientation (clock)
    3-8
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Broken in two halves along the thread channel with one half missing.

    Dating

    Date
    11th c.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Undetermined
    Issuer
    Andronikos N.
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Find place
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    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany )
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection SB-116
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Bust of St Georgios. Details indistinct. Legend preserved at right.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of more than 4 lines. Multiple lines are missing.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Cross at the beginning of the legend. Border of dots.
    Epigraphy

    Images

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    RTI

    obverse

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γε] ώργ(ιος)
    rev
    1Ἀνδρο-
    2νίκο (πρωτο)σπα-
    3θαρί(ῳ) (καί) ταγμ[(α)τ(ο)-]
    4φύλακα[...?...]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    ... |ρ|Γ
    rev
    1+ΑΝΔΡΟ
    2ΝΙΚΟạCΠΑ
    3ΘΑΡΙṣΤΑΓΜ.
    4ΦΥΛΑΚΑ...

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος. / Ἀνδρονίκο πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ταγματοφύλακα …

    St. Georgios. Andronikos protospatharios and tagmatophylax …

    References

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    Unpublished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