Seal of the imperial kommerkia…
SigiDoc ID: s-VTTKuc
Artifact
- Type
- Seal
- Matrix
- SigiDoc ID: m-sujaCR
Physical description
- Medium
- Original impression
- Material
- Lead
- Shape
- Round
- Dimensions (mm)
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- Weight (g)
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- Channel orientation (clock)
- 6-12
- Axis (clock)
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- Overstrike orientation (clock)
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- Execution
- Struck
- Countermark
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- Condition
- Corroded, effaced, chipped at both ends of the channel with a larger missing section.
Dating
- Date
- 8th c., second half.
- Internal date
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- Dating criteria
- Epigraphy, Iconography
- Alternative date
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History
- Category
- Provincial administration.
- Issuer
- Place of origin
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- Find place
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- Find date
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- Find circumstances
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- Modern location
- Cologne (Germany)
- Institution and repository
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- Collection and inventory
- Robert Feind Collection SB-430
- Acquisition
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- Previous locations
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- Modern observations
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Obverse
- Language(s)
- Layout of field
- Iconography, Legend.
- Field dimensions (mm)
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- Matrix
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- Iconography
- Two imperial busts (details indistinct).
- Decoration
- No border visible.
- Epigraphy
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- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
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- Field dimensions (mm)
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- Matrix
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- Iconography
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- Decoration
- No border visible.
- Epigraphy
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- [caption of the image]
- [caption of the image]
- Edition(s)
- Parallel(s)
- No parallels known
- Further references
- No further references
Reverse
Images
RTI
Edition
Legend and translation
Τῶν βασιλικῶν κομμερκίων…
(Seal of) the imperial kommerkia …
References
Commentary