Seal of Euthymios
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Artifact
- Type
- Seal
- Matrix
- SigiDoc ID: m-V274cd
Physical description
- Medium
- Original impression
- Material
- Lead
- Shape
- Round
- Dimensions (mm)
- Diam. 15-20
- Weight (g)
- 9.1
- Channel orientation (clock)
- 7-11
- Axis (clock)
- ―
- Overstrike orientation (clock)
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- Execution
- Struck
- Countermark
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- Condition
- Green-beige patina, struck off-centre to the left on the reverse, blank too small for the die, chipped.
Dating
- Date
- mid-5th c. – mid-6th c.
- Internal date
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- Dating criteria
- Epigraphy
- Alternative date
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History
- Category
- Private
- Issuer
- Euthymios
Milieu: []; Private
Gender: Male - 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-89
- Acquisition
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- Previous locations
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- Modern observations
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Obverse
- Language(s)
- Layout of field
- Iconography
- Field dimensions (mm)
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- Matrix
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- Iconography
- Daniel standing in the Daniel lions' den between two lions and praying.
- Decoration
- Wreath border.
- Epigraphy
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- Language(s)
- Greek
- Layout of field
- Legend of 3 lines.
- Field dimensions (mm)
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- Matrix
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- Iconography
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- Decoration
- Cross at the beginning of the legend. Wreath border.
- Epigraphy
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- [caption of the image]
- [caption of the image]
- Edition(s)
- Parallel(s)
- (1) Zacos Collection – Zacos1 no. 2960 ;
(2) Schlumberger Collection – Schlumberger1884 p. 89 (drawing). - Further references
Reverse
Images
RTI
Edition
Legend and translation
Εὐθύμιου
(Seal of) Euthymios.
References
Commentary
Schlumberger mistakenly identified the standing figure on the obverse with the Virgin or Christ.