Seal of Leon episkopos of Bryelon and synkellosshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-LTr21F

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 15
    Weight (g)
    4.1
    Channel orientation (clock)
    7-12
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Grey patina.

    Dating

    Date
    11th c.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Iconography
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical
    Issuer
    Leon
    Milieu: Secular Church
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Find place
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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-16
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of the Mother of God with her hands upraised in prayer and the medallion of Christ before her (Episkepsis). Sigla on either side.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

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

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    RTI

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    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aΜ(ήτη)ρ bΘ[(εο)ῦ]
    rev
    1Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει)
    2Λέοντι
    3ἐπισκόπ(ῳ)
    4Βρυέλου
    5(καὶ) συγ(κ)έ(λλῳ)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    abΘ̣.
    rev
    1ΘΚΕΒθ
    2λεοντι
    3επισκοπ
    4ρυελ
    5συγεʹ

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. / Θεοτόκε βοήθει Λέοντι ἐπισκόπῳ Βρυέλου καὶ συγκέλλῳ.

    Mother of God. Mother of God, help Leon episkopos of Bryelon and synkellos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Parallel(s)
    DO Seals, Online Catalogue BZS.1951.31.5.936 (former Fogg, no. 936) − DO Seals, 3, no. 10.1 ; Laurent, Corpus, 5.1, no. 282.
    Further references
    IFEB, no. 359 publishes in Laurent, Corpus, 5.1, no. 281.

    Commentary

    The seal issuer is also attested on another seal type[1].

    Footnotes

    [1]. PBW 2016, Leon 20232