Leo Machetarios, ostiarios (eleventh/twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin, turned slightly to the right, holding in her left arm the infant Christ. Sigla: ̄θῡ: Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin, turned slightly to the right, holding in her left arm the infant Christ. Sigla: ̄θῡ: Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.
ΘΚ̄Ε͵.͵Θ̄͵
ΤΣ
ΛΕΟΝΤΙΟΣ
ΤΙΑΡΤΜΑ
ΧΗΤΑΡΙ
Θ(εοτό)κε [β(οή)]θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ) Λέοντι ὀστιαρ(ίῳ) τῷ Μαχηταρίῳ
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.1183 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm; field: 16.0 mm |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντι ὀστιαρίῳ τῷ Μαχηταρίῳ.
Theotokos, help your servant Leo Machetarios, ostiarios.
Bibliography
- Légendes sigillographiques et familles byzantines (Open in Zotero)
- Notes arméno-byzantines (Open in Zotero)
- Les bulles métriques dans la sigillographie byzantine (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Laurent discusses this family name in "Légendes sigillographiques et familles byzantines," 348-49; Bulles métriques, 421, 650. See also Adontz, "Notes Arméno-Byzantines," 367-71.