Alexios protostrator (twelfth/thirteenth century)
Obverse
St. Michael standing, wings outspread, holding the sceptre and globus.Inscription: ρμ : (ὁ) ἀρχ(άγγελος) Μ(ι)χ(αήλ). Within concentric line borders, a circular inscription along the circumference, beginning with a cross at twelve o'clock:
σραγισαλ......ουπρ̣̣τ̣...........οσ
σφραγὶς Ἀλ[εξίου τ]οῦ πρωτ[οστράτωρ]ος
Obverse
St. Michael standing, wings outspread, holding the sceptre and globus.Inscription: ρμ : (ὁ) ἀρχ(άγγελος) Μ(ι)χ(αήλ). Within concentric line borders, a circular inscription along the circumference, beginning with a cross at twelve o'clock:
σραγισαλ......ουπρ̣̣τ̣...........οσ
σφραγὶς Ἀλ[εξίου τ]οῦ πρωτ[οστράτωρ]ος
Reverse
St. Theodore standing, holding a spear and shield. Inscription: |θε|οδ||ρο|σ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδωρος. Within concentric borders of dots, a circular inscription beginning with a cross at twelve o'clock:
σραγ̣....ε̣̣ιουτουπ.....τ̣ρ̣α̣τ̣ο̣ρ̣ο̣σ̣
σφραγ[ὶς Ἀλ]εξίου τοῦ π[ρωτοσ]τράτωρος
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5432 |
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Diameter | 39.0 mm |
Translation
σφραγὶς Ἀλεξίου τοῦ πρωτοστράτωρος.
Seal of the protostrator Alexios.
Commentary
The inscription could be taken as a metrical verse.