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Seal of Konstantinos Doukas, sebastos
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    General layout
    Iconography and legend
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 31
    Weight (g)
    20.76
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition
    It appears to be in a poor state of preservation. Its letters are corroded and indistinct.

    Dating

    Date
    1176-1225
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative dating

    History

    Category
    Issuer
    Konstantinos Doukas
    Issuer's milieu
    Place of origin
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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
    144
    Acquisition

    Donated by Metodi Nedyalkov Kondev (Yana), a teacher, in 1964

    Previous locations

    NAIM 129

    Modern observations

    Although it has been assumed that because M. Kondev was a teacher in the village of Yana, the seal also originated from that same place, this cannot be confirmed.

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field

    Field's dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Epigraphy
    Iconography
    Saint Georgios on horseback, moving to the right, holding a spear (r. hand) and the leash (l. hand); on either side, vertical inscription arranged in horizontal lines
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Byzantine Greek
    Layout of field

    Field's dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

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    rev
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    Diplomatic

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    rev
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    Apparatus

    Legend and Translation

    References

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

    Commentary

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