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(Θεοτόκε βοήθει)
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1 Φωτινῷ
2 [ἐ]πισκόπῳ
3 Τραπε-
4 ζοῦ(ντος)
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Artifact
- Type
- Seal
- General layout
- Monogram and legend
- Matrix
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Physical description
- Medium
- Original impression
- Material
- Lead
- Shape
- Round
- Dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 24
- Weight (g)
- 15.28
- Channel orientation (clock)
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- Axis (clock)
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- Overstrike orientation (clock)
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- Execution
- Struck
- Countermark
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- Condition
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Dating
- Date
- 0776-0800
- Internal date
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- Dating criteria
- Epigraphy
- Alternative dating
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History
- Category
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- Issuer
- Photeinos
- Issuer's milieu
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- Place of origin
- ―
- Find place
- ―
- Find date
- Find circumstances
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- Modern location
- Sofia (Bulgaria)
- Institution and repository
- National Archaeological Institute with Museum – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Numismatic fund
- Collection and inventory
- 135
- Acquisition
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- Previous locations
-
Avramov collection (Bulgaria)
- Modern observations
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It is not clear where the seal was found or how it came into possession of the National Archaeological Institute with Museum. The seal shows traces of letters on both the obverse and the reverse, which means that what we see today is a second strike, unrelated to the first, i.e. the disc was reused.
Obverse
- Language(s)
- ―
- Layout of field
- Field's dimensions (mm)
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- Matrix
- Epigraphy
- Iconography
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- Decoration
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- Epigraphy
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Reverse
- Language(s)
- Byzantine Greek
- Layout of field
- Field's dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
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- Iconography
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- Decoration
- ―
- Epigraphy
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Images
Edition
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Apparatus
―Legend and Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Φωτεινῷ ἐπισκόπῳ Τραπεζοῦντος
Mother of God, aid Photeinos, bishop of Trapezous
References
- Edition(s)
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- Parallel(s)
- No parallels known
- Further references
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Commentary
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Footnotes
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