Seal of Konstantinos archiatros

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Artifact

Type: Seal
Matrix: SigiDoc ID: m-Z6Quw7

Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 18
Weight (g): 8.1
Channel orientation (clock): 5-11
Axis (clock): ―
Overstrike orientation (clock): ―
Execution: StruckStruck
Countermark: ―
Condition: Green patina, slightly corroded.

Dating

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

History

Category: ?
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-140
Acquisition: ―
Previous locations: ―
Modern observations: ―

Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography; Remnants of a legend on either side.
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: Bust of St Panteleimon holding a medical instrument like a scalpel in his right hand and a box in his left.
Decoration: Border of dots.
Epigraphy: ―

Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Legend of 4 lines.
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: ―
Decoration: Cross at the beginning of the legend. Below the legend, a decoration consisting of a dot between two dashes. Border of dots.
Epigraphy: ―

Images

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RTI

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Edition

Interpretive

obv

^aὉ ἅ(γιος) Παντ(ε) ^bλε[ή]μ(ων)

rev

1Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει)
2Κωνστ(αν)-
3τίν(ῳ) ἀρ-
4χή(α)τρ(ῷ)

Diplomatic

obv

^a|π̣α̣|ν̣|τ ^bλ̣|ε.|

rev

1+κε̅θ,
2νστ,
3τιν,aρ
4χητρ


Legend and translation

Ὁ ἅγιος Παντελεήμων / Κύριε βοήθει Κωνσταντίνῳ ἀρχήατρῷ.

St Panteleimon. Lord, help Konstantinos archiatros.

References

Edition(s): Unpublished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

Commentary

An identity with Konstantinos imperial protospatharios and imperial archiatros attested on a seal published by Laurent and dated by him to the 8th/9th c. is ruled out.[1]

Footnotes

[1]. Laurent1933, p. 40-41, no. 5 . In the PmbZ the seal is dated to the 10th c., see PmbZOnline, 23737 .