Leo Aspar protospatharios, epi tou Chrysotriklinou and orphanotrophos (tenth century)
Obverse
Bust of Christ offering a blessing and holding the book. Along the circumference, between a double border of dots, a circular invocation:
κεοηθειτ.......λεοντ,
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντι
Obverse
Bust of Christ offering a blessing and holding the book. Along the circumference, between a double border of dots, a circular invocation:
κεοηθειτ.......λεοντ,
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντι
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ˊαˊσπα
θˊεπιτχρυ
σοτρικλι,ο
ρφανοτ,τ.
ασπαρ.
βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου ὀρφανοτρόφῳ τῷ Ἄσπραρι
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.197 |
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Diameter | 23.0 mm; field: 19.0 mm |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντι βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου ὀρφανοτρόφῳ τῷ Ἄσπραρι.
Lord, help your servant Leo Aspar, imperial protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou and orphanotrophos.
Commentary
The owner of this seal and 1951.31.5.726 are in all likelihood the same man.