SigiDoc Sammlung Robert Feind

Seal of Nikephoros Nesiotes

SigiDoc ID: s-VrcQkC

Artifact

Type: Seal
Matrix: SigiDoc ID: m-GLSEqK

Physical description

Medium: Original impression
Material: Lead
Shape: Round
Dimensions (mm): Diam. 24
Weight (g): 7.2
Channel orientation (clock): 6-12
Axis (clock): ―
Overstrike orientation (clock): ―
Execution: Struck
Countermark: ―
Condition: Βeige patina, thin crack at the lower end of the channel on the obverse, flattened and effaced.

Dating

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

History

Category: Private
Issuer: Nikephoros Nesiotes
Milieu: []; Private
Gender: Male
Place of origin: ―
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Modern location: Cologne (Germany)
Institution and repository: ―
Collection and inventory: Robert Feind Collection SB-278
Acquisition: ―
Previous locations: ―
Modern observations: ―

Obverse

Language(s)
Layout of field: Iconography
Field dimensions (mm): ―
Matrix: ―
Iconography: Bust of St John the Baptist holding a long staff cross over his left shoulder. Details indistinct. No legend visible.
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. Above and below, a decoration consisting of a cross of dots set between two dashes. Border of dots.
Epigraphy: ―

Images

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RTI

Edition

rev

1Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)[θ(ει)]
2Νικηφ[ό-]
3ρ(ῳ) τῷ N[η-]
4σιώτ(ῃ)

rev


1+K̅E,.
2NIKHΦ.
3P,ṬṆ.
4CIT
5

Legend and translation

Κύριε βοήθει Νικηφόρῳ τῷ Nησιώτῃ.

Lord, help Nikephoros Nesiotes.

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Commentary

The surname Nesiotes is a conjecture [1].

Footnotes

[1]. On the surname, see also Wassiliou-Seibt2011, no. 1232