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Seal of Andronikos Komnenos
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    General layout
    Bilateral legend
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 33
    Weight (g)
    23.73
    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
    Well-centered, but parts of the disc have been flattened, perhaps from the strike.

    Dating

    Date
    1133-1176
    Internal date
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    Dating criteria
    Onomastics, Terminology
    Alternative dating
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    History

    Category
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    Issuer
    Andronikos Komnenos
    Issuer's milieu
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    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
    182
    Acquisition

    Purchased from Georgi Panayotov in 1976

    Previous locations

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    Modern observations

    It is not known whether G. Panayotov discovered the seal or he was simply the one who presented it to the museum.

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Byzantine Greek
    Layout of field

    Field's dimensions (mm)
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    Matrix
    Onomastics, Terminology
    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)
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    Matrix
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    Iconography
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    Decoration
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    Epigraphy
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    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1 [Κο]μνηνὸ[ς]
    2 [Ἀν]δρόνικος
    3 [ἐξ Ε]ὐδοκίας
    4 [πορ]φυροφυοῦς
    5 [ἐκ] φυεὶς ῥίζης
    6 [κλ]ἀδος ἀνεψι<ὸ->
    7 [ς δ]ἐ Μανουὴλ
    8 [βα]σιλέως
    rev
    1 [υἱ]ὸς Βατ<ά->
    2 τζου δεσπ[ό-]
    3 του Θεοδώρου
    4 ἐμὲ προΐστ[η]
    5 κ(αὶ) λόγων
    6 καὶ πραγ-
    7 μάτων

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1..μνηνο.
    2.ΔΡΟΝΙΚΟΣ
    3..υδοκιας
    4..ρΦΥΡΟΦΥς
    5.ΦυιςριΖΗΣ
    6.ΛΑΔΟΣΑΝΕΨΙ
    7..ΕΜΑΝΗΛ
    8..ΣΙΛΕΟΣ
    rev
    1..ΟΣRΑΤ
    2ΤΖΔΕΣΠ.
    3ΤΘΕΟΔΩΡ
    4ΕΜΕΠΡΟΙΣΤ.
    5ΚΕΛΟΓΩΝ
    6ΚΑΙΠΡΑΓ
    7ΜΑΤΩΝ

    Apparatus

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    Legend and Translation

    Κομνηνὸς Ἀνδρόνικος ἐξ Εὐδοκίας πορφυροφυοῦς ἐκ φυεὶς ῥίζης κλἀδος ἀνεψιὸς δἐ Μανουὴλ βασιλέως υἱὸς Βατάτζου δεσπότου Θεοδώρου ἐμὲ προΐστη καὶ λόγων καὶ πραγμάτων

    Andronikos Komnenos, distinguished by his birth and origin from Eudokia born in the purple, nephew of the emperor Manuel, son of the despotes Theodore Vatatzes, has set me over his words and acts

    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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