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Seal of Theophylaktos Polites
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Artifact

Type
Seal
General layout
Iconography and legend
Matrix

Physical description

Medium
Original impression
Material
Lead
Shape
Round
Dimensions (mm)
Diam. 30
Weight (g)
20.12
Channel orientation (clock)
Axis (clock)
Overstrike orientation (clock)
Execution
Struck
Countermark
Condition

Dating

Date
1076-1100
Internal date
Dating criteria
Epigraphy―
Alternative dating
⸢―⸣ (), based on:

History

Category
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Issuer
Theophylaktos Polites
Issuer's milieu
Private
Place of origin
Find place
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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

Obverse

Language(s)
Layout of field

Field's dimensions (mm)
Diam. 30
Matrix
Iconography
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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
Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ
rev
1 Θεοφύ-
2 λακτον
3 Πολίτην
4 [Ἁ]γνή σκέ-
5 [π]οι[ς]

Diplomatic

obv
̅ Θ̅Υ
rev
1 
2ΘΕΟΦΥ
3ΛΑΚΤΟ
4ΠΟΛΙΤΗ
5.ΓΣΚΕ
6.ΟΙ.

Apparatus

Legend and Translation

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References

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

Commentary

Footnotes