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Seal of Photeinos, bishop of Trapezous
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Artifact

Type
Seal
General layout
Monogram and legend
Matrix

Physical description

Medium
Original impression
Material
Lead
Shape
Round
Dimensions (mm)
Diam. 24
Weight (g)
15.28
Channel orientation (clock)
Axis (clock)
Overstrike orientation (clock)
Execution
Struck
Countermark
Condition

Dating

Date
0776-0800
Internal date
Dating criteria
Epigraphy―
Alternative dating
⸢―⸣ (), based on:

History

Category
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Issuer
Photeinos
Issuer's milieu
Secular Church
Place of origin
Find place
― (―)
Find date
Find circumstances
Modern location
― (―)
Institution and repository
National Archaeological Institute with Museum – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, ―
Collection and inventory
― {IDNO}{MS_IDENTIFIER}
Acquisition

Previous locations

Modern observations

It is not clear where the seal was found or how it came into possession of the National Archaeological Institute with Museum. The seal shows traces of letters on both the obverse and the reverse, which means that what we see today is a second strike, unrelated to the first, i.e. the disc was reused.

Obverse

Language(s)
Layout of field

Field's dimensions (mm)
Diam. 24
Matrix
Iconography
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Decoration
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Epigraphy
{HAND_NOTE_EN}

Reverse

Language(s)
Layout of field

Field's dimensions (mm)
Matrix
Iconography
Decoration
Epigraphy

Images

Edition

Interpretive

obv
(Θεοτόκε βοήθει)
rev
1 Φωτινῷ
2 [ἐ]πισκόπῳ
3 Τραπε-
4 ζοῦ(ντος)

Diplomatic

obv
1 
2Φ̣ΩΤΙΩ
3.ΠΙΣΚΟΠΩ
4Τ̣ΡΠΕ
5ΟΥ
rev

Apparatus

Legend and Translation

[plain Greek or Latin... text here]

References

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

Commentary

Footnotes