Seal of Nikephoros Botaneiates protoproedros and doux of Peloponnese and Hellasshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-0v0l2o

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 30
    Weight (g)
    24.7
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Green patina, corroded, dented, partially effaced.

    Dating

    Date
    1068–1074.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Iconography, Epigraphy, Prosopography
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration.
    Issuer
    Nikephoros Botaneiates
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
    ―
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
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    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany )
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection SB-2
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    St Demetrios standing, holding a spear in his right hand and resting his left hand on a shield. Legend preserved at left.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 8 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Cross at the beginning of the legend. The last line is between two dashes. Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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    [caption of the image]

    RTI

    obverse

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Δημή [τριος]
    rev
    1Κ(ύρι)ε [β(οή)θ(ει)]
    2[Ν]ικη[φό]ρ[ῳ]
    3[πρ]oτωπρο-
    4[έδρ]ῳ (καὶ) δουκὶ
    5[Πελ]οπονίσ(ου)
    6[(καὶ)] Ἑλάδο(ς) τῷ
    7Βοτανει-
    8άτι

    Diplomatic

    obv
    ʘ|ΔΗ| .....
    rev
    1+ΚΕ..
    2.ΙΚΗ..Ρ̣.
    3..ΟΤΠΡΟ
    4...SΔΚΙ
    5...ΟΠΟΝΙC,
    6.ΕΛΑΔΟ,Τ
    7ΒΟΤΑΝΕΙ
    8ΑΤΙ

    Legend and translation

    ὁ ἅγιος Δημήτριος. / Κύριε βοήθει Νικηφόρῳ πρoτωπροέδρῳ καὶ δουκὶ Πελοπονίσου καὶ Ἑλάδος τῷ Βοτανειάτι.

    St Demetrios. Lord, help Nikephoros Botaneiates protoproedros and doux of Peloponnese and Hellas.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Feind 2010, p. 157-159, no. 22 .
    Parallel(s)
    (1) specimen published by Begleres (acquired in Smyrna; current location unknown) – Begleres, 1916, p. 5 (with picture); Laurent, 1929, p. 610, no. 3 ;
    (2) Orghidan Collection – Laurent, coll. Orghidan, 1952, no. 235 ;
    (3) Hirsch, Auction 175 (23–26 September 1992), lot 1567 (= Auctions 1991-1996, p. 122, no. 1567 );
    (4) Dr. Busso Peus, Auction 376 (29–30 October 2003), lot 1378 (= Auctions 2002-2006, p. 186, no. 1378 ); Münz Zentrum, Auction 94 (13–15 May 1998), lot 942 (= Auctions 1997-2001, p. 238, no. 942 ).
    Further references
    Karagiorgou, 2008, p. 117 ; Karagiorgou, 2008a, p. 107, images nos. 5.1-4 ; Seibt, 2008, p. 199, no. 235 .

    Commentary

    The seal’s issuer is Nikephoros III Botaneiates, emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 1078 to 1081, at an earlier stage of his career.