N. patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Anatolikoi (eighth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII). In the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII). In the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Wreath border.
....
.ΗΠΑΤΡΙΚ
..ΑΣΑΣΠΑ
.ΑΡΣΤΡ.
ΤΝΑΝ
...
...ῃ πατρικ[ίῳ β]ασι(λικῷ) (πρωτο)σπα[θ]αρί(ῳ) (καὶ) στρ[α(τγηῷ)] τῶν Ἀ[νατολικ]ῶ(ν)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.892 |
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Diameter | 33.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 86.57. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ ...ῃ πατρικίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατγηῷ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν.
Lord, help your servant ...es, patrikios imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Anatolikoi.
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)
Commentary
The owner's name could be Ἰωάννῃ, Θεοφάνη [instead of Θεοφάνει], etc.