SigiDoc Sammlung Robert Feind

Seal of Nikephoros Theodorokanos, patrikios and strategos

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Artifact

Type: Seal
Matrix: SigiDoc ID: m-etAWkF

Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 27
Weight (g): 12.3
Channel orientation (clock): 6-12
Axis (clock): ―
Overstrike orientation (clock): ―
Execution: Struck
Countermark: ―
Condition: Beige patina, chipped at the upper end of the channel, partially effaced, weakly imprinted.

Dating

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

History

Category: Provincial administration.
Issuer: Nikephoros Theodorokanos
Milieu: Military
Gender: Male
Place of origin: ―
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Modern location: Cologne (Germany)
Institution and repository: ―
Collection and inventory: Robert Feind Collection SB-14
Acquisition: ―
Previous locations: ―
Modern observations: ―

Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: Bust of St George holding a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left. Legend on either side.
Decoration: Border of dots.
Epigraphy: ―

Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Legend of 6 lines.
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: ―
Decoration: Border of dots.
Epigraphy: ―

Images

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RTI

Edition

obv

^a ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώ[ρ] ^bγιο(ς)

rev

1[Κ](ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
2[τ]ῷ σ(ῷ) δού[λ(ῳ)]
3Νικηφόρω
4π(ατ)ρί(κιῳ) (καὶ) στρα-
5τ(η)γ(ῷ) τῷ Θεο-
6δωρ(ο)κάν(ῳ)

obv

^aʘ̣|Γ|ε̣ Ω ^bΓΙ|Ο,

rev

1.ΕrΘ
2.̣ς,δ̣.
3Ν̣Ι̣ΚΗΦΟΡ
4Π̅Ρ̅Ι̅⸣SσΤΡΑ
5Τ̣,Γ,ΤθΕΟ
6Δ̣Ρ,ΚΑΝ,

Legend and translation

Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος / Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικηφόρω πατρίκιῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῷ Θεοδωροκάνῳ.

St. George. Lord, help your servant Nikephoros Theodorokanos, patrikios and strategos.

References

Edition(s)
Parallel(s): Dr. Busso Peus, Auction 376 (29–30 October 2003), lot 1369 (= SBS 10, 2010, p. 185, no. 1369) also auctioned in H. Grün, Auction 14/1 (9–10 May 1995), lot 788.
Further references: No further references