Seal of Gregory, imperial spatharios and droungarios of the Aegean Seashow empty fields
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    Matrix
    SigiDoc ID: m-PkqsDV

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 25
    Weight (g)
    ―
    Channel orientation (clock)
    12-6
    Axis (clock)
    ―
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    ―
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    ―
    Condition
    Trimmed around the edge; fairly well preserved on the obverse; more marked oxidation on the reverse.

    Dating

    Date
    8th-9th C.
    Internal date
    ―
    Dating criteria
    Titulature, Epigraphy, Decoration
    Alternative date
    ―

    History

    Category
    Provincial administration
    Issuer
    Gregory
    Milieu: Military
    Gender: Male
    Place of origin
    Aegean Sea
    Find place
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    Find date
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    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 996 (olim 1106)
    Acquisition
    ―
    Previous locations
    ―
    Modern observations
    ―

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Cruciform invocative monogram of the Laurent V type, flanked by the usual syllables.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Wreath border.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Greek
    Layout of field
    Linear legend of 5 lines.
    Field dimensions (mm)
    ―
    Matrix
    ―
    Iconography
    ―
    Decoration
    Wreath border; a crosslet precedes the beginning of the caption, on the same line.
    Epigraphy
    ―

    Images

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

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1(Θεοτόκε βοήθει) τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
    rev
    2+Γρη-
    3γωρίῳ β(ασιλικῷ)
    4[σ]π(αθαρίῳ) (καὶ) δρουγ(γαρίῳ)
    5[τ]οῦ Ἐγέου
    6Πελά(γους)

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1Κ-ΤΟ-Η-Β-Θ Τ̣-Σ-Δ-Λ
    rev
    2ΓΡΗ
    3Γ̣ΡΙΒ/
    4.Π/ΔΡΓ/
    5.̣ΕΓΕ
    6ΠΕ̣Λ̣Α

    Legend and translation

    Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / + Γρηγωρίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ δρουγγαρίῳ τοῦ Ἐγέου Πελάγους.

    Mother of God aid your servant Gregory, imperial spatharios and droungarios of the Aegean Sea

    References

    Edition(s)
    Prigent, 1994, 66 (recte 68), p. 180 (numérotation de l'édition erronée).
    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
    No further references