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Seal of Theodosius I
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    General layout
    Iconography
    Matrix
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    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Rectangular
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18.6x12.6
    Weight (g)
    2.3
    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
    0384-0395
    Internal date
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    Dating criteria
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    History

    Category
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    Issuer
    Theodosius I
    Issuer's milieu
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    Place of origin
    Serdica
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    Serdica
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    Excavations
    Modern location
    Sofia (Bulgaria)
    Institution and repository
    Regional Historical Museum – Sofia
    Collection and inventory
    MIS A 7375
    Acquisition

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    Previous locations

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    Modern observations

    Discovered during excavations led by A. Stanev and P. Stoyanova at the site Lion’s Bridge Interchange – Metro Station 7-II (north part, east section), at the center of Sofia, on 19.05.2014.

    Obverse

    Language(s)
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    Layout of field

    Field's dimensions (mm)
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    Matrix
    Iconography
    Iconography
    Busts of emperor Theodosius I and his sons Arcadius and Honorius
    Decoration
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    Epigraphy
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    Reverse

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    Epigraphy
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    Images

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    Interpretive

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    Diplomatic

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    Apparatus

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    Legend and Translation

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    References

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    Parallel(s)
    No parallels known
    Further references
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    Commentary

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    Footnotes

    On the excavation, see Stanev, Stoyanova 2015, p. 511-514; Boyadzhiev, Tranteev, 2012, p. 311-313