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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.

.εο
.θ,λεον
.ουου
κλι.

Κύριε βοήθει Λεόντι κουβουκλισίῳ

Obverse

Bust of a saint, nimbate. No visible inscription. No visible border.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Border of dots.

.εο
.θ,λεον
.ουου
κλι.

Κύριε βοήθει Λεόντι κουβουκλισίῳ

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4748
Diameter 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 176. 

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Λεόντι κουβουκλισίῳ.

Lord, help Leo kouboukleisios.

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. 

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