Theodore patrikios, imperial protospatharios, and strategos of Macedonia (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (unspecified type); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Border of dots.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (unspecified type); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Border of dots.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Indeterminate border.
ΘΕΔ
ΠΤΡΒΑ
ΣΠΣΤΡ.
ΜΑΚΕΔ
Θεωδώ[ρ]ῳ πατρ(ικίῳ), β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπ(αθαρίῳ) (καὶ) στρα[τ(ηγῷ)] Μακεδ(ονίας)
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.98 |
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Diameter | 28.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 43.35a. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεωδώρῳ πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Μακεδονίας.
Mother of God, help your servant Theodore, patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Macedonia.
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)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanes Continuatus, Ioannes Cameniata, Symeon Magister, Georgius Monachus (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This specimen comes from the same boulloterion as BZS.1947.2.99 and has been edited jointly with its counterpart.