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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-UJiTeg

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 36
    Weight (g)
    23.7
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Green patina, effaced to right on the obverse and to left on the reverse.

    Dating

    Date
    1157–1167.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Iconography
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Central administration.
    Issuer
    Alexios
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
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    Find date
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    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany )
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection SB-367
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of St Demetrios holding spear in his left hand. The shield in his right hand is not preserved. Legend preserved at left.
    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
    Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Δημή [τριος]
    rev
    1[Σ]φραγὶς
    2[᾿Αλ]εξίου
    3[σεβ]αστοῦ
    4[τοῦ] πρωτο-
    5[στ]ράτορο(ς)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    ʘ̣|δη|μη ...
    rev

    1.p̣aγισ
    2 ..ε̣ξιου
    3...α̣ου
    4...Πρωτο
    5..ρατο̣ρ̣ο,

    Legend and translation

    ῾Ο ἅγιος Δημήτριος / Σφραγὶς᾿Αλεξίου σεβαστοῦ τοῦ πρωτοστράτορος.

    St. Demetrios. Seal of Alexios sebastos and protostrator.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Feind 2013, no. 1677.
    Parallel(s)
    DO Seals, Online Catalogue , BZS.1951.31.5.486 (Zacos Collection) – Zacos, 1, no. 2731bis ; Laurent, 1932a, p. 433-434, no. 6 (= Scholarly Articles 1931-1986, p. 48, no. 5 ); Laurent, 1934, no. 572.
    Further references
    No further references

    Commentary

    The seal is usually attributed to Alexios Axouchos (PBW Alexios 17004), son of the megadomestikos Ioannes Axouchos, and doux of Kilikia in 1165.