Seal of Eustathios episkopos

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Artifact

Type
Seal
Matrix
SigiDoc ID: m-DJrUPJ

Physical description

Medium
Original impression
Material
Lead
Shape
Round
Dimensions (mm)
Diam. 23
Weight (g)
9.7
Channel orientation (clock)
4-11
Axis (clock)
Overstrike orientation (clock)
Execution
StruckStruck
Countermark
Condition
Red-beige patina, struck off-centre to the upper left on the obverse.

Dating

Date
7th c. - early 8th c.
Internal date
Dating criteria
Iconography, Epigraphy
Alternative date

History

Category
Ecclesiastical
Issuer
Eustathios
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-545
Acquisition
Previous locations
Modern observations

Obverse

Language(s)
Layout of field
Iconography
Field dimensions (mm)
Matrix
Iconography
A figure depicted frontally, nimbate. Details indistinct. In the field on either side, a cross.
Decoration
Wreath border.
Epigraphy

Reverse

Language(s)
Greek
Layout of field
Legend of 4 lines, the first line is missing.
Field dimensions (mm)
Matrix
Iconography
Decoration
Wreath border.
Epigraphy

Images

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Edition

Interpretive

rev
1[Εὐστ-]
2αθί[ου]
3ἐπισκ-
4όπου

Diplomatic

rev
1….
2αθι.
3επισκ
4οπ̣

Legend and translation

Εὐσταθίου ἐπισκόπου.

(Seal of) Eustathios episkopos.

References

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Unpublished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