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George vestitor and protonotarios of Macedonia (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: .Σ|.Λ. Wreath border.

Κύριε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ [δ]ούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

ΕΡ
ΙΒΕΣ
ΤΑΝΟΤ
ΜΑΚΕΔ
Ν

[Γ]εωρ[γ]ίῳ βεσ[τί]τ(ορι) (καὶ) (πρωτο)νοτ[αρ(ίῳ)] Μακεδ[ο]ν(ίας)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: .Σ|.Λ. Wreath border.

Κύριε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ [δ]ούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

ΕΡ
ΙΒΕΣ
ΤΑΝΟΤ
ΜΑΚΕΔ
Ν

[Γ]εωρ[γ]ίῳ βεσ[τί]τ(ορι) (καὶ) (πρωτο)νοτ[αρ(ίῳ)] Μακεδ[ο]ν(ίας)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1302
Diameter 26.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 43.22. See also Zacos-Veglery, no. 1937.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Γεωργίῳ βεστίτορι καὶ πρωτονοταρίῳ Μακεδονίας.

Lord, help your servant George vestitor and protonotarios of Macedonia.

Bibliography

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