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1 Ἑρρῖκος δεσπότης
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1 Henricus D(e)i gra(tia) i(m)p(e)rat(or) Roman(iae)
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Artifact
- Type
- Seal
- General layout
- Iconography and legend
- Matrix
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Physical description
- Medium
- Original impression
- Material
- Lead
- Shape
- Round
- Dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 41
- Weight (g)
- 42.67
- Channel orientation (clock)
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- Axis (clock)
- ―
- Overstrike orientation (clock)
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- Execution
- Struck
- Countermark
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- Condition
- ―
Dating
- Date
- 1213-1216
- Internal date
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- Dating criteria
- Onomastics
- Alternative dating
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History
- Category
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- Issuer
- Henry of Flanders
- Issuer's milieu
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- Place of origin
- Veliko Tarnovo
- Find place
- Veliko Tarnovo
- Find date
- Find circumstances
- Excavations
- Modern location
- Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria)
- Institution and repository
- Regional Historical Museum – Veliko Tarnovo
- Collection and inventory
- KVP 156 S/TOM
- Acquisition
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- Previous locations
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- Modern observations
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Discovered during excavations at Tsarevets, in 1966.
Obverse
- Language(s)
- Byzantine Greek
- Layout of field
- Field's dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- Onomastics
- Iconography
- The emperor Henry enthroned, crowned, holding cross-topped scepter (right hand) and globus cruciger (left hand)
- Decoration
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- Epigraphy
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Reverse
- Language(s)
- Latin
- Layout of field
- Field's dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- The emperor Henry on horseback (to the right), armoured, holding sword (right hand) and shield (left hand)
- Decoration
- ―
- Epigraphy
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Images
Edition
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1 ΕΙΚ̣Ο̣Σ·δεςποτης
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1 heICVCS·I·IPRT·O·
Apparatus
―Legend and Translation
Ἑρρῖκος δεσπότης. Henricus Dei gratia imperator Romaniae
Henry, despotes. Henry, by the Grace of God, emperor of the Roman realm
References
- Edition(s)
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- Parallel(s)
- No parallels known
- Further references
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Commentary
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Footnotes
No exact parallel has been spotted. A similar specimen, with differences in the legend, is in the Dumbarton Oaks collection: DO BZS.1958.106.636 (htps://www.doaks.org/resources/seals/byzantine-seals/BZS.1958.106.636