SigiDoc Sammlung Robert Feind

Seal of Konstantinos spatharokandidatos and imperial notarios

SigiDoc ID: s-5hyuqs

Artifact

Type: Seal
Matrix: SigiDoc ID: m-XxTV3p

Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 21
Weight (g): 13.3
Channel orientation (clock): 1-7
Axis (clock): ―
Overstrike orientation (clock): ―
Execution: Struck
Countermark: ―
Condition: Grey-brown patina, slightly corroded.

Dating

Date: 11th c.
Internal date: ―
Dating criteria: Iconography, Epigraphy
Alternative date: ―

History

Category: Central administration.
Issuer: Konstantinos
Milieu: Civil
Gender: Male
Place of origin: ―
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Modern location: Cologne (Germany)
Institution and repository: ―
Collection and inventory: Robert Feind Collection SB-13
Acquisition: ―
Previous locations: ―
Modern observations: ―

Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: Bust of St John the Baptist offering a blessing with his right hand and holding a long staff cross in his left hand. Legend on either side.
Decoration: Border of dots.
Epigraphy: ―

Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Legend of 5 lines, some rows of letters are underlined.
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: ―
Decoration: Cross at the beginning of the legend. Border of dots.
Epigraphy: ―

Images

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RTI

Edition

obv

^aὁ ἅ(γιος) Ιω(άννης) ὁ ^bΠρ(ό)δ(ρομος)

rev

1Κων-
2σταντ(ίνῳ)
3σπαθ(αρο)καν-
4δ(ι)δ(άτῳ) (καὶ) β(ασιλικῷ) νο-
5ταρ(ίῳ)

obv

^aʘ|Ιω|ο ^b|Δ,

rev

1+kν
2σtaNT,
3σπαθκαν
4rno
5Tar,

Legend and translation

ὁ ἅγιος Ιωάννης ὁ Πρόδρομος / Κωνσταντίνῳ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ βασιλικῷ νοταρίῳ.

St John the Baptist. Konstantinos spatharokandidatos and imperial notarios.

References

Edition(s): Unpublished
Parallel(s): No parallels known
Further references: No further references