George protospatharios and strategos of Lykandos (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. George holding a spear and a shield. Traces of a vertical inscription: Ο|Α|.ΙΓ|Ε|Ο|Ρ : Ὁ ἅγιος Γεόργιος. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St. George holding a spear and a shield. Traces of a vertical inscription: Ο|Α|.ΙΓ|Ε|Ο|Ρ : Ὁ ἅγιος Γεόργιος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, decorations above and below. Border of dots.
– .ι.γερ
.ασπαθ,
.στ.ατη
.ληκαν
δο.
– –
Γεώρ[γ(ιος)] (πρωτο)σπαθ(άριος) [(καὶ)] στ[ρ]ατη[γ(ὸς)] Ληκανδο[ῦ]
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.1949 |
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Diameter | 28.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 53.6. A parallel specimen from the same boulloterion is published in Zacos, Seals II, no. 476. |
Translation
Γεώργιος πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ στρατηγὸς Ληκανδοῦ.
George, protospatharios and strategos of Lykandos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- De Administrando Imperio (Open in Zotero)
- Histoire de la dynastie des H’amdanides de Jazîra et de Syrie (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Michaelis Attaliotae Historia (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Katalog molivdovulov (Open in Zotero)
- Sfragistika (Open in Zotero)
- Kappadokien (Kappadokia, Charsianon, Sebasteia und Lykandos) (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Mleh le Grand (Open in Zotero)
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The seal of a strategos of Lykandos, named George Ernesis (?) – or Eunesis, according to W. Seibt – and decorated by a similar bust of St. George, is published in Sig., 282.