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Seal CLIII 19

Record Id:

040-002223172

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-002223161

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000773.0x000381

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100147472251.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Seal CLIII 19

Title:

Token of Tornicius, head of Senate (proedros)

Scope & Content:

Copper token.

Obverse: Saints Peter and Paul standing and offering each other their right hand, vertical inscription on either side; wreath border.

Reverse: metrical inscription of 7 lines; wreath border.

Obverse: Ὁ ἅγιος Πέτρος. Ὁ ἅγιος Παῦλος. Reverse: Ἀποστόλων σκέποις με, δυὰς ἁγία, Τορνίκιον πρόεδρον ἐκ πάσης βλάβης.

Translation: Obverse: St. Peter. St. Paul. Reverse: Saintly pair of Apostles, may you protect me, Tornicius head of the Senate (proedros), from all harm.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Detached Seals and Casts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002207963
036-002223161
040-002223172

Is part of:

Seal XXXV.196-CCIX.1 : Detached Seals
Seal CLIII.9-19 : MISCELLANEOUS LEADEN SEALS and bullae. Transferred from the Department of Coins and Medals.

Seal CLIII 19 : Token of Tornicius, head of Senate (proedros)

Hierarchy:

032-002207963[0711]/036-002223161[0011]/040-002223172

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Seal XXXV.196-CCIX.1

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 seal

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

1170

End Date:

1190

Date Range:

1170-1190

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Material: Copper.

Dimensions: Diameter 25 mm.

Custodial History:

Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.

Provenance:

Tornicius head of the Senate (proedros). Floruit 1170-1190.

Transferred from the Department of Coins and Medals in 1907.

Publications:

Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum Trustees, 1912), p. 303.

Werner Seibt, Ralf Althoff, Sammlung Köhler-Osbahr. Bd. V/4, Byzantinische Münzen und ihr Umfeld. Bleisiegel und -plomben sowie Gewichte aus dem östlichen Mittelmeerraum (Duisburg: Kultur- und Stadthistorisches Museum 2001), p. 46, no. 47.

Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt, Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden. Teil 1, Einleitung, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inklusive My (Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2011), p. 106, no. 126.

Metadata provided by the cooperation among Sorbonne Université, CNRS UMR8167 – Orient & Méditerranée, équipe Monde Byzantin, and the Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at the Institute of Classics of the University of Cologne. The publication of this item is currently in preparation by the abovementioned team.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)