SigiDoc: Seal of Leo, veastarches, judge of the Velum and of the Strymon

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 19
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Execution: Struck
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Condition: Average condition; oxidation in progress; trimmed around the edges; The circular legend and the sigla on the obverse remain visible only on the right, and the lines of the legend on the reverse are heavily deteriorated.

Category: Provincial administration
Issuer: Leo
Milieu: Civil
Gender: Male
Place of origin: Strymon
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Modern location: Paris (France)
Institution and repository: Institut Catholique de Paris, Institut Français d’Études Byzantines
Collection and inventory: IFEB 410 (olim 471)
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Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography with a circular invocative legend very partially preserved; the sigla is only visible on the right side of the image.
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Iconography: Bust of the Virgin, praying, with the cruciger medallion of the Child.
Decoration: Traces of a border of dots.
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Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Linear legend of 5 lines.
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Decoration: Traces of a border of dots; before the legend, on a separate line, decorative elements can be discerned, possibly two dashes and a poorly preserved central element, perhaps a cross.
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