N. imperial protospatharios and strategos of Thessalonike (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type); in the quarters: ...|ΔΛ. No visible border.
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τ]ῷ [σῷ] δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type); in the quarters: ...|ΔΛ. No visible border.
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τ]ῷ [σῷ] δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Indeterminate border.
Ο..
ΣΠ
ΣΤΡΤΙΓΘΕΣ
ΛΟΝΙΚ
..ο.. β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπα(θαρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατιγ(ῷ) Θεσαλονίκ(ης)
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.165 |
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Diameter | 30.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 18.77. |
Translation
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ ..ο.. βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ Θεσαλονίκης.
Lord or Theotokos, help your servant N., imperial protospatharios and strategos of Thessalonica.
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