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Symbatikos imperial protospatharios and strategos of Macedonia (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Winged lion walking to the left. Border of pellets between two borders of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΣΥΜ
...κι,
α...θκˊστ
ρα.ιγ,μα
κεδον,

Συμβατικίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατιγ Μακεδονίας

Obverse

Winged lion walking to the left. Border of pellets between two borders of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΣΥΜ
...κι,
α...θκˊστ
ρα.ιγ,μα
κεδον,

Συμβατικίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατιγ Μακεδονίας

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4507
Diameter 25.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 43.34.

Translation

Συμβατικίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ Μακεδονίας.

Symbatikos, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Macedonia.

Bibliography

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  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
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