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Bronze matrix for seals of Peter I
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Artifact

Type
Matrix
General layout
Iconography and legend
Matrix

Physical description

Medium
Original relief
Material
Bronze
Shape
Round
Dimensions (mm)
Diam. 43
Weight (g)
24.203
Channel orientation (clock)
Axis (clock)
Overstrike orientation (clock)
Execution
Engraved
Countermark
Condition
There are no traces of a broken handle; perhaps the disc was attached to some device which permitted the user to hold and press it.

Dating

Date
0945-0969
Internal date
Dating criteria
Iconography, Onomastics―
Alternative dating
⸢―⸣ (), based on:

History

Category
{SUMMARY_EN}
Issuer
Peter I
Issuer's milieu
Imperial
Place of origin
Pliska
Find place
Pliska (Pliska)
Find date
Find circumstances
Stray find
Modern location
Pliska (Pliska)
Institution and repository
Regional Historical Museum – Shumen, ―
Collection and inventory
― {IDNO}{MS_IDENTIFIER}
Acquisition

Previous locations

Modern observations

Discovered accidentally by T. Botev, the site’s guard, by the western wall of the Small Palace of Pliska, on 05.05.1926.

Obverse

Language(s)
Layout of field

Field's dimensions (mm)
Diam. 43
Matrix
Iconography
{FIGURE_R_EN}
Decoration
{FIGURE_DECOR_EN}
Epigraphy
{HAND_NOTE_EN}

Reverse

Language(s)
Layout of field

Field's dimensions (mm)
Matrix
Iconography
Decoration
Epigraphy

Images

Edition

Interpretive

obv
П(е)тр(ъ) ц(а)ръ бл(ъ)га(ромъ)
rev

Diplomatic

obv
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rev
[rev text here]

Apparatus

Legend and Translation

[plain Greek or Latin... text here]

References

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

Commentary

Footnotes