Seal of Ιoannes tourmarches of Opsikionshow 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)
    5.3
    Channel orientation (clock)
    1-7
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Green patina, corroded, struck off-centre to the upper left on the obverse and to the upper right on the reverse.

    Dating

    Date
    late 10th c. - early 11th c.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Iconography, Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Ioannes
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
    ―
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
    ―
    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany )
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection SB-146
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of the Mother of God with her hands open before her breast. Sigla and on either side. Traces of a circular inscription.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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    RTI

    obverse

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ
    rev
    1Ἰω(άννῃ)
    2β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρο)-
    3κανδ(ι)δ(άτῳ) (καὶ)
    4τρομ(αρ)χ(ῃ)
    5Ὀψη(κίου)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    ΜΡ Θυ
    rev
    1+i̣
    2R`σπαθ
    3KANS
    4ΤΡΟx
    5OΨ̣ḥ

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ / Ἰωάννῃ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ τρομαρχῃ Ὀψηκίου.

    Mother of God. Ioannes spatharokandidatos and tourmarches of Opsikion.

    References

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    Unpublished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