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Sergios (or George) apo eparchon and ergasteriarches (668-681)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of Constantine IV, bearded, wearing a helmet and military dress, holding a spear over his right shoulder. A circular inscription, preserved only at right, beginning with a cross, and an inscription of two lines below the imperial bust.

...-γιου
ποεπ
ρχων

Σεργίου ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων

Reverse

Two busts, one of Herakleios (left), the other of Tiberios (right), both wearing a chlamys and a crown (with a cross), and holding a globus cruciger in their right hands. Inscription of two lines below the busts.

εργστερι
ρχου

ἐργαστεριάρχου

Obverse

Bust of Constantine IV, bearded, wearing a helmet and military dress, holding a spear over his right shoulder. A circular inscription, preserved only at right, beginning with a cross, and an inscription of two lines below the imperial bust.

...-γιου
ποεπ
ρχων

Σεργίου ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων

Reverse

Two busts, one of Herakleios (left), the other of Tiberios (right), both wearing a chlamys and a crown (with a cross), and holding a globus cruciger in their right hands. Inscription of two lines below the busts.

εργστερι
ρχου

ἐργαστεριάρχου

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4380
Diameter 33.0 mm
Previous Editions

Zacos-Veglery, no. 147; Oikonomides, Dated Seals, no. 18.

Translation

Σεργίου ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων ἐργαστεριάρχου.

(Seal of) Sergios (or George) apo eparchon and ergasteriarches.

Commentary

Oikonomides notes that this seal was likely struck before 672/73 since the indiction year is not indicated. The custom appears to have begun in that year.

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