Seal of Nicholas Rhadenos, protospatharios and judge of the Armenian themes (X/XI c.)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1951.31.5.506
Title: Seal of Nicholas Rhadenos, protospatharios and judge of the Armenian themes (X/XI c.)
Classification: Seals
Work Type: seal
Date: X/XI c.
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Armenia
Period: Byzantine period
Culture: Byzantine
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/74516

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Lead
Metal: Pb
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 10.52 g

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: DOSeals 4, 56.8

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
Accession Year: 1951
Object Number: 1951.31.5.506
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Maria Campagnolo-Pothitou and Pantelis Charalampakis, "The Radenos Family: A Prosopographic Study through Literary and Sigillographic Evidence", Revue des Etudes Byzantines, Peeters (Paris, 2019), no. 77, pp. 5-106, p. 33

Verification Level

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