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Seal of Stephanos
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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. 21
    Weight (g)
    7.06
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition

    Dating

    Date
    1101-1200
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative dating

    History

    Category
    Issuer
    Stephanos
    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
    181
    Acquisition

    Previous locations

    Modern observations

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field

    Field's dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Epigraphy
    Iconography
    Bust of Mother of God, type Nikopoios; sigla
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Byzantine Greek
    Layout of field

    Field's dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    [Μή(τη)ρ] Θ[(εο)ῦ]
    rev
    1 Στε-
    2 [φ]αν(...) [.]α
    3 [.]τας

    Diplomatic

    obv
    .. Θ.
    rev
    1 
    2̣ΣΤΕ
    3.Α͂, .̄ Α̣
    4.Τ̣Α̣Σ
    5

    Apparatus

    Legend and Translation

    Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Στέφανος […]

    Mother of God. Stephanos […]

    References

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

    Commentary

    The name could be reconstructed either in Nominative - Στέ[φ]αν(ος), or in Genitive - Στε[φ]άν(ου), or in Dative – Στε[φ]άν(ῳ). The Nominative seems more plausible, if one accepts that the following word is a family name ending in sigma, which, however, is not certain at all.

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