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N., imperial protospatharios and strategos of Dyrrachion (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

A cross (X visible at the transverse bar) mounted on a base of three steps with fleurons rising on either side. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of at least four lines. No visible border.

ΟˊΑˊΣΠ
ΘΑΡ,ΣΡ
ΑΤΗΓΔ
ΥΡΑΧΙ

....ο β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπ[α]θαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) σ<τ>ρατηγῷ Δυραχίου

Obverse

A cross (X visible at the transverse bar) mounted on a base of three steps with fleurons rising on either side. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of at least four lines. No visible border.

ΟˊΑˊΣΠ
ΘΑΡ,ΣΡ
ΑΤΗΓΔ
ΥΡΑΧΙ

....ο β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπ[α]θαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) σ<τ>ρατηγῷ Δυραχίου

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1506
Diameter 22.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 12.14.

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

Translation

....ο βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Δυραχίου.

... imperial protospatharios and strategos of Dyrrachion.

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