Seal of Konstantinos protospatharios, imperial notarios of the eidikon, and krites epi tou hippodromou and of Macedonia

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Artifact

Type: Seal
Matrix: SigiDoc ID: m-W5RkX2

Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 19
Weight (g): 6.4
Channel orientation (clock): 6-12
Axis (clock): ―
Overstrike orientation (clock): ―
Execution: Struck
Countermark: ―
Condition: Partially effaced on both sides, cracked along the channel on the reverse and open in the lower half, blank too small for the die.

Dating

Date: Before the mid-11th c.
Internal date: ―
Dating criteria: Epigraphy
Alternative date: ―

History

Category: Provincial administration, central administration.
Issuer: (PBW: PBW Konstantinos 20116)
Milieu: Civil
Gender: Male
Place of origin: ―
Find place: ―
Find date: ―
Find circumstances: ―
Modern location: Cologne (Germany)
Institution and repository: ―
Collection and inventory: Robert Feind Collection S-167
Acquisition: ―
Previous locations: ―
Modern observations: ―

Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Legend of 5 lines, the first line missing.
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: ―
Decoration: No border visible.
Epigraphy: ―

Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Legend of 4 lines.
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: ―
Decoration: No border visible.
Epigraphy: ―

Images

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RTI

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Edition

Interpretive

obv

1[K(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
2τ]ῷ σῷ δ[ού(λῳ)]
3[Κ]ων(σταντίνῳ) (πρωτο)σπ[α-
4θ(αρίῳ)] β(ασιλικῷ) ν(ο)τ(αρίῳ) τ(οῦ)
5[ε]ἰδικ(οῦ)

rev

6[κρι]τ(ῇ) ἐπ(ὶ)
7[τοῦ] ἱππ(ο)δ[ρ(ό)-
8μ(ου)] (καὶ) τῆς Μ[(α)-
9κ]εδ[ο]ν(ίας)

Diplomatic

obv

1….
2.̣Σδ.
3.̣̅Ν̅ΑΣΠ̣.
4.ντ,Τ,
5.ΙδΙΚ̣

rev

6...τ̣ε̣π̣
7..Ι,δ.
8.SτΗςμ
9.εδ.ν̣

Legend and translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ, βασιλικῷ νοταρίῳ τοῦ εἰδικοῦ / κριτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἱπποδρόμου καὶ τῆς Μακεδονίας.

Lord, help your servant Konstantinos protospatharios, imperial notarios of the eidikon, and krites epi tou hippodromou and of Macedonia.

References

Edition(s): Unpublished
Parallel(s): (1) DO BZS.1947.2.103 – DOseals1, no. 43.5 , also published in DOsealsOnline, BZS.1947.2.103 ;
(2) Athens, Numismatic Museum, no. 479 (Orphanides-Nikolaides Collection) – Athens1996, no. 42 .
Further references: No further references

Commentary

Konstantinos is attested on two parallels, one belonging to the collection of Dumbarton Oaks and the other one to the collection Orphanides-Nikolaides in the Athens Numismatic Museum. The parallels have been essential for the complete restitution of the legend of our specimen.