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Seal of Eleutherios
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    General layout
    Bilateral legend
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Round
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 14
    Weight (g)
    4.7
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition

    Dating

    Date
    1051-1100
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Epigraphy
    Alternative dating

    History

    Category
    Issuer
    Eleutherios
    Issuer's milieu
    Place of origin
    Find place
    Find date
    Find circumstances
    Modern location
    Sofia (Bulgaria)
    Institution and repository
    National Archaeological Institute with Museum – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Numismatic fund
    Collection and inventory
    312
    Acquisition

    Previous locations

    Modern observations

    According to Jordanov, it was found in the region of Veliko Tarnovo (without more precise information). There are traces of letters indicating that the disc was struck twice and seemingly the first time by a different boulloterion.

    Obverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field

    Field's dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Epigraphy
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Byzantine Greek
    Layout of field

    Field's dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    1 Κ(ύρι)ε
    2 [β]οήθει
    3 τῷ σῷ
    rev
    1 δούλῳ
    2 [Ἐ]λευθε-
    3 ρίῳ

    Diplomatic

    obv
    1ΚΕ̅
    2.Ο̣ΗΘΕΙ
    3Τ̣Σ
    rev
    1
    2Δ̣Λ
    3.ΛΕΥΘΕ
    4ΡΙ

    Apparatus

    Legend and Translation

    Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἐλευθερίῳ

    Lord, aid your servant Eleutherios

    References

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

    Commentary

    Footnotes