Prokopios patrikios and strategos of Sicily (eighth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, a decoration above. Wreath border.
ροκοπ
πατρικ
Sστρ/σ
ιλιασ
Προκοπίῳ πατρικίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Σικελίας
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.3239 |
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Diameter | 30.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 5.23a. |
Translation
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Προκοπίῳ πατρικίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Σικελίας.
Lord or Theotokos, help your servant Prokopios patrikios and strategos of Sicily.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- L’amministrazione del tema de Sicilia (Open in Zotero)
- Storia della Sicilia, Vol. 3, La Sicilia fra Roma e Bisanzio (Open in Zotero)
- La Sicile byzantine: État de recherches (Open in Zotero)
- Une liste arabe des stratèges du thème de Sicile (Open in Zotero)
- Une source peu étudiée de l’histoire de la Sicile au haut Moyen-Age: La sigillographie byzantine (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanes Continuatus, Ioannes Cameniata, Symeon Magister, Georgius Monachus (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Same legend but from a different boulloterion than BZS.1958.106.4160.
The inscription on the reverse has been reconstructed according to Zacos-Veglery, no. 2338a. Moreover, in the eighth century Sicily was the only Byzantine theme whose name started with Σ.
Seals of Prokopios patrikios and strategos of Sicily: Sig., 214 note 2, no. 5, and Borsari, Amministrazione, app. II, nos. 10-11.