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Lead matrix for seals of Ivan Shishman
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Artifact

Type
Matrix
General layout
Iconography and legend
Matrix

Physical description

Medium
Original relief
Material
Lead
Shape
Round
Dimensions (mm)
Diam. ―
Weight (g)
Channel orientation (clock)
Axis (clock)
Overstrike orientation (clock)
Execution
Countermark
Condition
The handle broke and is missing, but traces of it are visible. Jordanov 1987, p. 675, does not comment on this, but suggests that the disc must have been attached to some device.

Dating

Date
1371-1395
Internal date
Dating criteria
Iconography, Onomastics―
Alternative dating
⸢―⸣ (), based on:

History

Category
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Issuer
Ivan Shishman
Issuer's milieu
Imperial
Place of origin
Veliko Tarnovo
Find place
Veliko Tarnovo (Veliko Tarnovo)
Find date
Find circumstances
Excavations
Modern location
Veliko Tarnovo (Veliko Tarnovo)
Institution and repository
Regional Historical Museum – Veliko Tarnovo, ―
Collection and inventory
― {IDNO}{MS_IDENTIFIER}
Acquisition

Previous locations

Modern observations

Discovered during excavations at Veliko Tarnovo, Trapezitsa, in August 1947.

Obverse

Language(s)
Layout of field

Field's dimensions (mm)
Diam. ―
Matrix
Iconography
{FIGURE_R_EN}
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
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rev
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Diplomatic

obv
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rev
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Apparatus

Legend and Translation

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References

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

Commentary

Footnotes