Seal of Hypatios spatharokandidatos, asekretis, and krites of Cappadocia
SigiDoc ID: s-Ac4xLz
Artifact
- Type
- Seal
- Matrix
- SigiDoc ID: m-p2kTIl
Physical description
- Medium
- Original impression
- Material
- Lead
- Shape
- Round
- Dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 21
- Weight (g)
- 8.1
- Channel orientation (clock)
- 5-11
- Axis (clock)
- ―
- Overstrike orientation (clock)
- ―
- Execution
- Struck
- Countermark
- ―
- Condition
- Partially effaced and dented on both sides, blank too small for the die.
Dating
- Date
- 11th c., first third.
- Internal date
- ―
- Dating criteria
- Epigraphy
- Alternative date
- ―
History
- Category
- Provincial administration.
- Issuer
- Hypatios
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 SB-10
- Acquisition
- ―
- Previous locations
- ―
- Modern observations
- ―
Obverse
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Iconography with circular legend. The circular inscription along the circumference is not preserved.
- Field dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- Bust of St. Demetrios holding a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left. Remnants of a legend at left.
- Decoration
- No border visible.
- Epigraphy
- ―
- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Legend of 5 lines.
- Field dimensions (mm)
- ―
- Matrix
- ―
- Iconography
- ―
- Decoration
- No border visible.
- Epigraphy
- ―
- [caption of the image]
- [caption of the image]
- Edition(s)
- Münz, Auction 100 (8–10 September 1999), lot 764 (= SBS_Auctions1997-2001, p. 243, no. 764 ); Müller Münzenhandlung, Auction 73 (26 February 1993), lot 490,4, only photographs (= SBS_Auctions1991-1996, p. 145, no. 490.4 ).
- Parallel(s)
- (1) Istanbul, Archaeological Museum, no. 259 – Istanbul, no. 3.34 ;
(2) Schlumberger Collection (current location unknown) – Schlumberger1884, p. 278, no.4 . - Further references
- VlyssidouEtAl, p. 444, no. 3 ; Wassiliou2002b, p. 43-44, no. 3 .
Reverse
Images
RTI
Edition
Legend and translation
Ὁ ἅγιος Δημήτριος. Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Ὑπατίῳ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ ἀσηκρῆτις καὶ κριτῇ Καππαδοκίας.
St. Demetrios. Mother of God, help your servant Hypatios spatharokandidatos, asekretis, and krites of Cappadocia.
References
Commentary
The name of the issuer is quite unusual, and in fact Schlumberger read the name on his seal as Akatios.[1]
Footnotes
[1]. PmbZOnline, 20206 .