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John hypatos and protonotarios of Pamphlagonia (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: τ. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. No visible border.

ι
ηυπτ/ S
νοτρ/ π
μφλγ/

Ἰωάννῃ ὑπάτ(ῳ) (καὶ) (πρωτο)νοταρ(ίῳ) Παμφλαγ(ονίας)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: τ. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. No visible border.

ι
ηυπτ/ S
νοτρ/ π
μφλγ/

Ἰωάννῃ ὑπάτ(ῳ) (καὶ) (πρωτο)νοταρ(ίῳ) Παμφλαγ(ονίας)

Accession number BZS.1955.1.964
Diameter 25.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 11.24; Zacos-Veglery, no. 2022.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ ὑπάτῳ καὶ πρωτονοταρίῳ Παμφλαγονίας.

Mother of God, help your servant John, hypatos and protonotarios of Pamphlagonia.

Commentary

The form Παμφλαγονία appears also on BZS.1958.106.5462, BZS.1947.2.195, BZS.1951.31.5.1495, BZS.1955.1.1109, BZS.1958.106.1023, and in the Taktikon Uspenskij (Listes, 49, 1.7). See also Πανφλαγονία on BZS.1955.1.4518, BZS.1955.1.1417, and BZS.1955.1.1418.