Symbatios imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Strymon (ninth/tenth century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross (X at crossing of lower bar) on three steps. Fleurons to the first transverse bar. Circular inscription along a border of dots.
ΚΕΟΗΘΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ
Κύριε βοήθι τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Patriarchal cross (X at crossing of lower bar) on three steps. Fleurons to the first transverse bar. Circular inscription along a border of dots.
ΚΕΟΗΘΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ
Κύριε βοήθι τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΣΥΜ
ΑΤΙΑΣ
Π.ΘΣΤΡ
.ΤΙΓΣΤΡ
.ΟΝ
Συμβατίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ Στρυμόνος
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.3439 |
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Diameter | 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 37.6. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθι τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Συμβατίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ Στρυμόνος.
Lord, help your servant Symbatios imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Strymon.
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)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)