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Seal of Peter I
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    General layout
    Iconography and legend
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Silver
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 19.9
    Weight (g)
    2.51
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition

    Dating

    Date
    0945-0959
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Alternative dating

    History

    Category
    Issuer
    Peter I
    Issuer's milieu
    Place of origin
    Pernik
    Find place
    Pernik
    Find date
    Find circumstances
    Excavations
    Modern location
    Pernik (Bulgaria)
    Institution and repository
    Regional Historical Museum – Pernik
    Collection and inventory
    929
    Acquisition

    Previous locations

    Modern observations

    Discovered during excavations led by J. Changova at the Krakra fortress in Pernik, in square VII-37, on 05.08.1974.

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Latin
    Layout of field

    Field's dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Bust of Jesus Christ, holding the Gospel (right hand) and blessing (left hand); circular inscription in Latin
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Byzantine Greek
    Layout of field

    Field's dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Standing figures of tsar Peter I and his wife Irina - Maria
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    [obv text here]
    rev
    [rev text here]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    [obv text here]
    rev
    [rev text here]

    Apparatus

    Legend and Translation

    Ihsus Xristus. Πέτρος βασιλεὺς εὐσεβὴς

    Jesus Christ. The reverent king Peter

    References

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

    Commentary

    Footnotes