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Leo spatharokandidatos, asekretis, and judge of Calabria (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Half-length bust of bishop-saint (likely St. Nicholas), holding a book. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in six lines, with decoration below. Border of dots.

.
..οντι
...θˋρ,κˋ,
..κρητ,S
..ιτ,κα.
αρ


[Κ(ύρι)ε β(όη)θ(ει) Λέ]οντι [σπα]θ(α)ρ(ο)κ(αν)δ(ι)δ(άτῳ), [ἀση]κρῆτ(ις) (καὶ) [κρ]ιτ(ῇ) Κα[λ]αβρ(ίας)

Obverse

Half-length bust of bishop-saint (likely St. Nicholas), holding a book. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription in six lines, with decoration below. Border of dots.

.
..οντι
...θˋρ,κˋ,
..κρητ,S
..ιτ,κα.
αρ


[Κ(ύρι)ε β(όη)θ(ει) Λέ]οντι [σπα]θ(α)ρ(ο)κ(αν)δ(ι)δ(άτῳ), [ἀση]κρῆτ(ις) (καὶ) [κρ]ιτ(ῇ) Κα[λ]αβρ(ίας)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2060
Diameter 27.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 4.9.

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

Translation

Κύριε βόηθει Λέοντι σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ, ἀσηκρῆτις καὶ κριτῇ Καλαβρίας.

Lord, help Leon spatharokandidatos, asekretis, and judge of Calabria.

Commentary

The owner of this seal may be identical to a certain Leo, σπαθαροκανδιδᾶτος, κριτὴς Λογγιβαρδίας καὶ Καλαβρίας, who is mentioned in a document from the first half of the eleventh century. See Falkenhasuen, Dominazione, 125 and note 132.