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1 Ῥοβέρτος δεσπότης
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1 Rob(er)t(us) D(e)i gra(tia) imp(er)ator Romani(a)e
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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. 43.9x41.4
- Weight (g)
- 41.82
- 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
- 1208-1222
- Internal date
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- Dating criteria
- Onomastics
- Alternative dating
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History
- Category
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- Issuer
- Robert I of Courtenay
- 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 157 S/TOM
- Acquisition
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- Previous locations
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- Modern observations
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Discovered during excavations led by T. Ovcharov, at the dump soil of the building 15 in the site 22 of Tsarevets, in 1978. Ovcharov thought that this building could have been a small church.
Obverse
- Language(s)
- Byzantine Greek
- Layout of field
- Field's dimensions (mm)
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- Matrix
- Onomastics
- Iconography
- The emperor Robert 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)
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- Matrix
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- Iconography
- The emperor Robert on horseback (to the right), armoured, holding sword (right hand) and shield (left hand)
- Decoration
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- Epigraphy
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Images
Edition
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1 οΤΟΣ:Σποτης
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1 RΟʹtʹi:̅R̅A̅·ΙΜP͵tΟR·RΟΜi
Apparatus
Reverse: in Romani(a)e, the A and N in ligatureLegend and Translation
Ῥοβέρτος δεσπότης. Robertus Dei gratia imperator Romaniae
Robert, despotes. Robert, 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
On the excavation, see AOR 1978 (1979), p. 154-155