Prokopios patrikios and strategos of Sicily (eighth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); parts of letters preserved in the quarters. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); parts of letters preserved in the quarters. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, bottom line missing. Wreath border.
προκοπ
πατρικ
Sστρ/σ
Προκοπίῳ πατρικίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Σικελίας
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.4160 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 5.23b. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Προκοπίῳ πατρικίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Σικελίας.
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)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- L’amministrazione del tema de Sicilia (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (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)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanes Continuatus, Ioannes Cameniata, Symeon Magister, Georgius Monachus (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Same legend but from a different boulloterion than BZS.1958.106.3239. See the commentary to that entry.