Seal of Ioannes episkopos

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Artifact

Type: Seal
Matrix: SigiDoc ID: m-vWokQe

Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 24
Weight (g): 9.6
Channel orientation (clock): 1-7
Axis (clock): ―
Overstrike orientation (clock): ―
Execution: Struck
Countermark: ―
Condition: Grey patina, weakly imprinted.

Dating

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

History

Category: Ecclesiastical
Issuer: Ioannes
Milieu: []; []; Secular Church; []
Gender: Male
Place of origin: ―
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Modern location: Cologne (Germany)
Institution and repository: ―
Collection and inventory: Robert Feind Collection SB-21
Acquisition: ―
Previous locations: ―
Modern observations: ―

Obverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography with circular legend.
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: Bust of St. Basil offering a blessing with his right hand and holding the Gospel in his left. Legend on either side. Circular inscription beginning with a cross at 8 o'clock.
Decoration: Border of dots.
Epigraphy: ―

Reverse

Language(s): Greek
Layout of field: Iconography with circular legend.
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: Bust of St. Stephen holding a miniature church in his right hand and a small cross in the left hand. Legend on either side. Circular inscription beginning at 9 o'clock.
Decoration: Border of dots.
Epigraphy: ―

Images

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RTI

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Edition

Interpretive

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^aὁ ἅ(γιος) Βασί ^bλειος

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1Κ(ύρι)ε β[(οή)θ(ει)] τῷ [σ]ῷ δούλῳ

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^cὁ ἅ(γιος) Στέ ^dφανο(ς)

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2Ιω(άννῃ) ἐπι[σκόπ]ῳ

Diplomatic

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^a ʘ|Β|Α|CΙ ^bΛ|ΕΙ|Ο|C

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1+ΚΕ.Ṭ.̣Δ̣Λ

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^cʘ|C|ΤΕ ^d Φ|ΑΝ|Ο

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2᾿Ι(ωάνν)ῃ ἐπι[σκόπ]ῳ

Legend and translation

Ὁ ἅγιος Βασίλειος. Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Ὁ ἅγιος Στέφανος.᾿Ιωάννῃ ἐπισκόπῳ.

St. Basil. Lord, help your servant Ioannes episkopos.

References

Edition(s): Unpublished
Parallel(s): triton Triton, Auction XI (8–9 January 2008), lot 1174 , from the Robert E. Hecht Collection (= SBS 12, 2016, p. 192, no. 1174).
Further references: No further references