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Basil spatharokandidatos, asekretis and judge of Iberia (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin with her hands raised before her. Sigla: ΜΡΘΥ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, decorations above and below. Border of dots.

+θκεR,θ,
Rσιλ,σπ.
θ,κνˋσ.
κρητ,Sκρ.
τ,ιRηρ.
– 

Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Βασιλ(είῳ) σπ[α]θ(αρο)κανδ(ι)δ(άτῳ), ἀσ[η]κρῆτ(ις) (καὶ) κρ[ι]τ(ῇ) Ἰβηρ[ί(ας)]

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin with her hands raised before her. Sigla: ΜΡΘΥ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, decorations above and below. Border of dots.

+θκεR,θ,
Rσιλ,σπ.
θ,κνˋσ.
κρητ,Sκρ.
τ,ιRηρ.
– 

Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει) Βασιλ(είῳ) σπ[α]θ(αρο)κανδ(ι)δ(άτῳ), ἀσ[η]κρῆτ(ις) (καὶ) κρ[ι]τ(ῇ) Ἰβηρ[ί(ας)]

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.577
Diameter 23.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 75.2.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Βασιλείῳ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ, ἀσηκρῆτις καὶ κριτῇ Ἰβηρίας.

Mother of God, help Basil, spatharokandidatos, asekretis, and judge of Iberia.

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