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N. patrikios and strategos of the Anatolikoi (eighth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: ΤΔ.|Λ.. . Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τ[ῷ] δ[ού]λῳ [σου]

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Wreath border.

.....
ΝΠΑΤ
ΙΚΙΣΤ
ΗΓΤ
ΝΑΤΛ
ΚΝ

...νῷ πατ[ρ]ικίῳ (καὶ) στ[ρατ]ηγῷ τῶ[ν Ἀ]νατωλ[ι]κῶν

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: ΤΔ.|Λ.. . Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τ[ῷ] δ[ού]λῳ [σου]

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Wreath border.

.....
ΝΠΑΤ
ΙΚΙΣΤ
ΗΓΤ
ΝΑΤΛ
ΚΝ

...νῷ πατ[ρ]ικίῳ (καὶ) στ[ρατ]ηγῷ τῶ[ν Ἀ]νατωλ[ι]κῶν

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1477
Diameter 29.0 mm; field: 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 86.58.

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

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ δούλῳ σου ...νῷ πατρικίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Ἀνατωλικῶν.

Mother of God, help your servant ...nos, patrikios and strategos of the Anatolikoi.

Commentary

Cf. BZS.1955.1.1291 (linked below).

The name of the strategos who issued this seal could be Adrianos, Marianos, Photeinos, Romanos, etc.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
  • Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
  • Sceaux byzantins du Musée National de Varsovie (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)