Nikephoros imperial protospatharios and strategos of Samos (ninth/tenth century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on three steps. On either side, fleurons up to the first arm. Along the border of dots, a circular inscription.
ΚΕΟΗΘΙΤ....
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθι τῷ [σῷ δούλῳ]
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on three steps. On either side, fleurons up to the first arm. Along the border of dots, a circular inscription.
ΚΕΟΗΘΙΤ....
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθι τῷ [σῷ δούλῳ]
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΝΙΚΗ
ΦΟΡ
ΣΠΘΣΤ
.ΤΤΙ
..ΜΟˊ
Νικηφόρῳ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στ[ρ]ατηγ(ῷ) τῖ[ς Σ]άμο(υ)
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.148 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 44.7. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθι τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικηφόρῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῖς Σάμου.
Lord, help your servant Nikephoros, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Samos.
Bibliography
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Βυζαντιακὰ μολυβδόβουλλα τοῦ ἐν ἈΘήναις Ἐθνικοῦ Νομισματικοῦ Μουσείου (Open in Zotero)
- De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)