Seal of Athenaios illoustrios
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Artifact
- Type
- Seal
- Matrix
- SigiDoc ID: m-l7ECDm
Physical description
- Medium
- Original impression.
- Material
- Lead
- Shape
- Round
- Dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 23
- Weight (g)
- 7.5
- Channel orientation (clock)
- 5-11
- Axis (clock)
- ―
- Overstrike orientation (clock)
- ―
- Execution
- Struck
- Countermark
- ―
- Condition
- Chipped at both ends of the channel with a larger missing section at the upper end.
Dating
- Date
- 7th c., first half.
- Internal date
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- Dating criteria
- Epigraphy
- Alternative date
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History
- Category
- Dignitaries
- Issuer
- Athenaios
Milieu: Aristocracy
Gender: Male - Place of origin
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- Find place
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- Find date
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- Find circumstances
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- Modern location
- Cologne (Germany)
- Institution and repository
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- Collection and inventory
- Robert Feind Collection M-163
- Acquisition
- ―
- Previous locations
- ―
- Modern observations
- ―
Obverse
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Cruciform monogram.
- Field dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- ―
- Decoration
- Wreath border.
- Epigraphy
- ―
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Cruciform monogram.
- Field dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- ―
- Decoration
- Wreath border.
- Epigraphy
- ―
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- Edition(s)
- Unpublished
- Parallel(s)
- No parallels known
- Further references
- No further references
Reverse
Images
Edition
Legend and translation
Ἀθηναίου ἰλλουστρίου.
(Seal of) Athenaios illoustrios.
References
Commentary
The reading of the issuer’s name is uncertain.