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Seal of Theodosius I
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    Artifact

    Type
    Seal
    General layout
    Iconography
    Matrix

    Physical description

    Medium
    Original impression
    Material
    Lead
    Shape
    Rectangular
    Dimensions (mm)
    Diam. 18.6x12.6
    Weight (g)
    2.3
    Channel orientation (clock)
    Axis (clock)
    Overstrike orientation (clock)
    Execution
    Struck
    Countermark
    Condition

    Dating

    Date
    0384-0395
    Internal date
    Dating criteria
    Iconography
    Alternative dating

    History

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

    Previous locations

    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)
    Layout of field

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

    Reverse

    Language(s)
    Layout of field

    Field's dimensions (mm)
    Matrix
    Iconography
    Decoration
    Epigraphy

    Images

    Edition

    Interpretive

    obv
    [obv text here]
    rev
    [rev text here]

    Diplomatic

    obv
    [obv text here]
    rev
    [rev text here]

    Apparatus

    Legend and Translation

    References

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

    Commentary

    Footnotes

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