Seal of John Pegonites, strategos of Nikopolisshow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-vkg5HH

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 20
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    1-7
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Fair condition due to corrosion: the iconography on the obverse is barely visible, as are some of the letters in the legend on the reverse; not centered imprint; indentation at the channel openings; trimmed around the edge.

    Dating

    Date
    11th C., first half.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Historical context, Titulature, Parallel
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    John Pegonites(PBW: Ioannes 20712)
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Nikopolis
    Find place
    ―
    Find date
    ―
    Find circumstances
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    Modern location
    Paris (France)
    Institution and repository
    Institut Catholique de Paris, Institut Français d’Études Byzantines
    Collection and inventory
    IFEB 917 (olim 1019)
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Iconography with, according to the parallel seals, inscription in columns on either side of the image of which only the left column remains.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    Bust of Saint John the Theologian holding the Gospels in his left hand and blessing with his right.
    Decoration
    Circle of dots very partially preserved.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Circle of dots partially preserved (the remaining border is doubled, probably due to slipping during striking); according to the parallel specimens, the last line of the legend was flanked by two pearls.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

    Digital image of the obverse.
    Digital image of the reverse.

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    aὉ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) [ὁ] b[Θεολόγ(ος)]
    rev
    1[Ἰ]ω(άννης) στρα-
    2[τ]ηγὸς Νι-
    3[κ]οπό[λ]ον
    4[ὁ] Πηγονί-
    5της

    Diplomatic

    obv
    a|Ι̅̅|. b.|.|.|..|.
    rev
    1.ΣΤΡΑ
    2.ΗΓΟΣΝΙ
    3.Ο̣ΠΟ.ΟΝ
    4.ΠΗΓΟΝΙ
    5.ΤΗΣ.

    Apparatus

    1: [Θεολόγ(ος)]: in Jordanov, Corpus, 3, 1366 transcrit d’après la pièce parallèle de Shumen [Θ(εο)λ(ό)γος]; in Wassiliou-Seibt, 2009, 1 (avec photo) transcrit d’après la pièce parallèle Zacos (BnF) Θ[(εο)]λ(ό)γ(ος); in Cheynet 2015, p. ??? la distribution des lettres sur la colonne de droite d’après le parallèle Zacos (BnF) diffère légèrement.

    Legend and translation

    Ὁ ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Θεολόγος. / Ἰωάννης στρατηγὸς Νικοπόλον ὁ Πηγονίτης.

    Saint John the Theologian. John Pegonites, strategos of Nikopolis.

    References

    Edition(s)
    Unpublished
    Parallel(s)
    RHM-Shumen, 15448: Jordanov, Corpus, 3, 1366 ;
    Collection Zacos (BnF), 1204: Wassiliou-Seibt, 2009, 1 (avec photo) = Cheynet 2015, p. ??? (avec photo).
    Further references
    No further references