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Seal of Constantine Assen
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Artifact

Type
Seal
General layout
Iconography and legend
Matrix

Physical description

Medium
Original impression
Material
Gold
Shape
Round
Dimensions (mm)
Diam. 38
Weight (g)
7.57
Channel orientation (clock)
Axis (clock)
Overstrike orientation (clock)
Execution
Countermark
Condition

Dating

Date
1257-1277
Internal date
Dating criteria
Iconography, Onomastics―
Alternative dating
⸢―⸣ (), based on:

History

Category
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Issuer
Issuer's milieu
Imperial
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

Purchased in Istanbul, through M. Radoslavov, in 1941 (protocol of 05.12.1941)

Previous locations

Modern observations

Obverse

Language(s)
Layout of field

Field's dimensions (mm)
Diam. 38
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
Ἀρχ(άγγελος) Μ(ι)χ(αήλ)
rev
Кѡ(н)стандін(ь) вь х(рист)а б(ог)а вѣрен(ь) ц(а)р(ь) и самодрьжец(ь) бл(ь)гарѡм(ь) асѣн(ь)

Diplomatic

obv
ΡΧ Χ
rev
КѠСТАНДІН ВЬ ХА БА ВѢРЕН ЦР И САМОДРЬЖЕЦ БАРѠМ АСѢН

Apparatus

Legend and Translation

[plain Greek or Latin... text here]

References

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

Commentary

Footnotes