Seal of the imperial kommerkia…show empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-sujaCR

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Weight (g)
    Channel orientation (clock)
    6-12
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    Corroded, effaced, chipped at both ends of the channel with a larger missing section.

    Dating

    Date
    8th c., second half.
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy, Iconography
    Alternative date

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration.
    Issuer
    Place of origin
    Find place
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    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany )
    Institution and repository
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection SB-430
    Acquisition
    Previous locations
    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field
    Iconography, Legend.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Two imperial busts (details indistinct).
    Decoration
    No border visible.
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Field dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    No border visible.
    Epigraphy

    Images

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    RTI

    obverse

    Edition

    Interpretive

    rev
    1[Τ]ῶν β-
    2(ασιλικῶν) [κο]μμερκ[ίων]

    Diplomatic

    rev
    1.νβ̣
    2..Μερκ
    3
    4

    Legend and translation

    Τῶν βασιλικῶν κομμερκίων…

    (Seal of) the imperial kommerkia …

    References

    Edition(s)
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references

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