Artifact

Type

Seal

General layout

Bilateral legend

Matrix

Physical description

Medium

Original impression

Material

Lead

Shape

Round

Dimensions (mm)

Diam. 33

Weight (g)

23.73

Channel orientation (clock)

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Axis (clock)

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Overstrike orientation (clock)

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Execution

Struck

Countermark

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Condition

Well-centered, but parts of the disc have been flattened, perhaps from the strike.

Dating

Date

1133-1176

Internal date

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Dating criteria

Onomastics, Terminology―

Alternative dating

⸢―⸣ (), based on:

History

Category

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Issuer

Andronikos Komnenos

Issuer's milieu

Aristocracy

Place of origin

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Modern location

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Institution and repository

National Archaeological Institute with Museum – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, ―

Collection and inventory

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Acquisition

Purchased from Georgi Panayotov in 1976

Previous locations

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Modern observations

It is not known whether G. Panayotov discovered the seal or he was simply the one who presented it to the museum.

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Obverse

Language(s)

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Layout of field

Field's dimensions (mm)

Diam. 33

Matrix

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Iconography

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Decoration

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Epigraphy

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Reverse

Language(s)

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Layout of field

Field's dimensions (mm)

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Matrix

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Iconography

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Decoration

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Epigraphy

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Edition