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Paul protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou, judge of the Hippodrome and stratiotikos logothetes (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of five lines (top line missing) with a decoration below. Border of dots.

....
.σ
.αυλασπ..
.επιτχρ.
σοτρικ,
  

[Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) τ]ῷ σῷ δού(λῳ) [Π]αύλῳ (πρωτο)σπ[αθ(αρίῳ)] ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρ[υ]σοτρικ(λίνου)

Reverse

Inscription of five lines (top line missing) with a decoration below. Border of dots.

.....
..τιππ.
..,στρατ
.τικλο
γοθετη
  

[κριτῇ ἐπ(ὶ)] τοῦ Ἱππ[οδρ(όμου)] (καὶ) στρατ[ι]ωτικῷ λογοθέτῃ

Obverse

Inscription of five lines (top line missing) with a decoration below. Border of dots.

....
.σ
.αυλασπ..
.επιτχρ.
σοτρικ,
  

[Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) τ]ῷ σῷ δού(λῳ) [Π]αύλῳ (πρωτο)σπ[αθ(αρίῳ)] ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρ[υ]σοτρικ(λίνου)

Reverse

Inscription of five lines (top line missing) with a decoration below. Border of dots.

.....
..τιππ.
..,στρατ
.τικλο
γοθετη
  

[κριτῇ ἐπ(ὶ)] τοῦ Ἱππ[οδρ(όμου)] (καὶ) στρατ[ι]ωτικῷ λογοθέτῃ

Accession number BZS.1947.2.229
Diameter 27.0 mm
Previous Editions

Sig. 352-53; see also Konstantopoulos (1917), no. 208 (another specimen in the Numismatic Museum, Athens).

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Παύλῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου κριτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἱπποδρόμου καὶ στρατιωτικῷ λογοθέτῃ.

Lord, help your servant Paul, protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou, judge of the Hippodrome and stratiotikos logothetes.

Bibliography

  • Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Βυζαντιακὰ μολυβδόβουλλα τοῦ ἐν ἈΘήναις Ἐθνικοῦ Νομισματικοῦ Μουσείου (Open in Zotero)