Seal of Nikephoros Theodorokanos, patrikios and strategosshow 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. 27
    Weight (g)
    12.3
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Beige patina, chipped at the upper end of the channel, partially effaced, weakly imprinted.

    Dating

    Date
    mid-11th c.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Iconography
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration.
    Issuer
    Nikephoros Theodorokanos
    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-14
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of St George holding a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left. Legend on either side.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 6 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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    RTI

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    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    a ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώ[ρ] bγιο(ς)
    rev
    1[Κ](ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2[τ]ῷ σ(ῷ) δού[λ(ῳ)]
    3Νικηφόρω
    4π(ατ)ρί(κιῳ) (καὶ) στρα-
    5τ(η)γ(ῷ) τῷ Θεο-
    6δωρ(ο)κάν(ῳ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    aʘ̣|Γ|ε̣ Ω bΓΙ|Ο,
    rev
    1.ΕrΘ
    2.̣ς,δ̣.
    3Ν̣Ι̣ΚΗΦΟΡ
    4Π̅Ρ̅Ι̅⸣SσΤΡΑ
    5Τ̣,Γ,ΤθΕΟ
    6Δ̣Ρ,ΚΑΝ,

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος / Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικηφόρω πατρίκιῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῷ Θεοδωροκάνῳ.

    St. George. Lord, help your servant Nikephoros Theodorokanos, patrikios and strategos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Parallel(s)
    Dr. Busso Peus, Auction 376 (29–30 October 2003), lot 1369 (= SBS 10, 2010, p. 185, no. 1369) also auctioned in H. Grün, Auction 14/1 (9–10 May 1995), lot 788.
    Further references
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