Seal of Niketas episkopos of …show empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-NGAMHU

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19-21
    Weight (g)
    8.2
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Green patina, dented, slightly struck off-centre to the right on the obverse and to the left on the reverse.

    Dating

    Date
    11th c., last quarter – early 12th c.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical
    Issuer
    Niketas
    Milieu: *untranslated*; *untranslated*; Secular Church
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
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    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany )
    Institution and repository
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    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection SB-18
    Acquisition
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    Previous locations
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    Modern observations
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    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of St John the Baptist offering a blessing with his right hand and holding a scroll in his left. Legend on either side.
    Decoration
    No border visible.
    Epigraphy
    Inverted lettering.

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 6 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Cross at the beginning of the legend. No border visible.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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    RTI

    obverse

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ιω(άννης) [ὁ] Πρ(ό)δ(ρο)μο(ς)
    rev
    1Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)[θ(ει)]
    2τῷ σῷ δ[ού(λῳ)]
    3Νηκήτα
    4ἐπισκό[π(ῳ)]
    5[⁦ - - - - - - - - - - ⁩]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    ʘ|Ι|. |δ̣|Μ|o
    rev
    1+KE.
    2ΤCΔ.
    3ΝΗΚΗΤΑ
    4ΕΠΙCΚΟ
    5..VΚ.
    6…

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Ιωάννης ο Πρόδρομος / Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ν(ι)κήτα ἐπισκόπῳ…

    St John the Baptist. Lord, help your servant Niketas episkopos of…

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