Seal of Ioannes episkoposshow 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. 24
    Weight (g)
    9.6
    Channel orientation (clock)
    1-7
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Grey patina, weakly imprinted.

    Dating

    Date
    11th c., first half.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Iconography
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Ecclesiastical
    Issuer
    Ioannes
    Milieu: *untranslated*; *untranslated*; Secular Church; *untranslated*
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
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    Find date
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    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany )
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection SB-21
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of St. Basil offering a blessing with his right hand and holding the Gospel in his left. Legend on either side. Circular inscription beginning with a cross at 8 o'clock.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with circular legend.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of St. Stephen holding a miniature church in his right hand and a small cross in the left hand. Legend on either side. Circular inscription beginning at 9 o'clock.
    Decoration
    Border of dots.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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    RTI

    obverse

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    ὁ ἅ(γιος) Βασί λειος
    obv
    1Κ(ύρι)ε β[(οή)θ(ει)] τῷ [σ]ῷ δούλῳ
    rev
    ὁ ἅ(γιος) Στέ φανο(ς)
    rev
    2Ιω(άννῃ) ἐπι[σκόπ]ῳ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    ʘ|Β|Α|CΙ Λ|ΕΙ|Ο|C
    obv
    1+ΚΕ.Ṭ.̣Δ̣Λ
    rev
    ʘ|C|ΤΕ Φ|ΑΝ|Ο
    rev
    2᾿Ι(ωάνν)ῃ ἐπι[σκόπ]ῳ

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Βασίλειος. Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Ὁ ἅγιος Στέφανος.᾿Ιωάννῃ ἐπισκόπῳ.

    St. Basil. Lord, help your servant Ioannes episkopos.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    Triton, Auction XI (8–9 January 2008), lot 1174 , from the Robert E. Hecht Collection (= SBS 12, 2016, p. 192, no. 1174).
    Further references
    No further references

    Footnotes