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Gregory patrikios, imperial protospatharios, and strategos of Thrace (ninth/tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on three steps. Circular inscription between two borders of dots.

ΚΕΟΗΘΗΤΣΔΛΟ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλο

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΓΡΗΓ
ΟΡΙΠΑΤΡ
ΙΚΑΣΠΑΘ
ΣΤΡΑΤΤΗΣ
.ΡΑΚ/

Γρηγορίῳ πατρικ(ίῳ), β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατ(ηγῷ) τῆς [Θ]ρᾴκ(ης)

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on three steps. Circular inscription between two borders of dots.

ΚΕΟΗΘΗΤΣΔΛΟ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλο

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΓΡΗΓ
ΟΡΙΠΑΤΡ
ΙΚΑΣΠΑΘ
ΣΤΡΑΤΤΗΣ
.ΡΑΚ/

Γρηγορίῳ πατρικ(ίῳ), β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατ(ηγῷ) τῆς [Θ]ρᾴκ(ης)

Accession number BZS.1947.2.175
Diameter 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 71.26a.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλο Γρηγορίῳ, πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῆς Θρᾴκης.

Lord, help your servant Gregory patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Thrace.

Commentary

From the same boulloterion as BZS.1958.106.3182.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
  • De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)