Leo kouboukleisios (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of a saint, nimbate. No visible inscription. No visible border.
Reverse
Inscription in four lines. Border of dots.
.εο
.θ,λεον
.ουου
κλι.
Κύριε βοήθει Λεόντι κουβουκλισίῳ
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4748 |
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Diameter | 21.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Cf. Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 176. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Λεόντι κουβουκλισίῳ.
Lord, help Leo kouboukleisios.
Bibliography
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This seal is seemingly a parallel to that published by Laurent, based on the likely identification of St. Nicholas on the obv. and the similar distribution of letters on the reverse--however the lack of a picture of the Laurent specimen or of a assured identification of similar obverses makes this identification somewhat uncertain.