Seal of Georgios Hexamilites, prothospatharios, krites epi tou hippodromou and of the Armenika thematashow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-Lv7q3f

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 22
    Weight (g)
    7.0
    Channel orientation (clock)
    1-7
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Blank too small for the die.

    Dating

    Date
    Mid-11th c.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration.
    Issuer
    Georgios Hexamilites
    Milieu: Civil
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    ―
    Find place
    ―
    Find date
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    Find circumstances
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    Modern location
    Cologne (Germany )
    Institution and repository
    ―
    Collection and inventory
    Robert Feind Collection SB-458
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of the Mother of God with her hands open before her breast. Some details indistinct. Sigla partially preserved at right.
    Decoration
    No border visible.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Legend of 7 lines, the first and the last line missing.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    No border visible.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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    RTI

    obverse

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    [Μή(τη)ρ] Θ[(εο)ῦ]
    rev
    1[Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει)]
    2[Γ]εωργ(ίῳ) [(πρωτο)-
    3σ]παθ(αρίῳ) κριτ(ῇ)
    4[ἐ]πὶ τοῦ ἱππ[ο-
    5δ]ρ(όμου) (καὶ) τ(ῶν) Ἀρμε-
    6[ν(ικῶν) Θ(ε)]μ(άτων) ὁ Ἑξα-
    7[μηλ(ί)τ(ης)]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    ... Θ
    rev
    1.....
    2.Ε̣ΡΓ.
    3.Π̣ΑΘ,ΚΡΙΤ,
    4.ΠΙΤι̣π̣π.
    5.Ρ̣,SΤΑΡμΕ̣
    6..μ̣οΕ̣ΞΑ̣
    7....

    Legend and translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ / Θεοτόκε βοήθει Γεωργίῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ κριτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἱπποδρόμου καὶ τῶν ᾿Αρμενικῶν θεμάτων ὁ Ἑξαμηλίτης.

    Mother of God. Mother of God, help Georgios Hexamilites, prothospatharios, krites epi tou hippodromou and of the Armenika themata.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    (1) Athens, Numismatic Museum, no. 78 (Stamoules Collection) – , p. 15, no. 78 ; Wassiliou, 2002, p. 247-248, no. 7b (= Scholarly Articles 2002-2006, p. 148, no. 7b );
    (2) IFEB, no. 422 – mentioned in Wassiliou, 2002, p. 247 ;
    (3) Adnan Aci Collection, no. 154, struck from a different boulloterion – Bulgurlu, 2019, p. 133-134, no. 4 .
    Further references
    Laurent, 1931, p. 782, no. 5 and p. 793, no. 2 .

    Commentary

    The restitution of the first and last line of the legend is based on the parallels. Georgios Hexamilites[1] is also known from another seal type, on which he appears at an earlier stage of his career, as spatharokandidatos, protonotarios and krites of Seleukeia.[2]

    Footnotes

    [1]. PBW 2016, Georgios 20167 .

    [2]. Private collection (USA), no. 30, published in Nesbitt, Braunlin, 1998, p. 167-168, no. 10 .