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Leo imperial protospatharios and strategos of Thrace (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

A bird, likely a peacock, walking. Circular inscription between two borders of dots.

ΚΕΟΗΘΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΛΕΟΝ
Τ,ΑΣΠΑ
ΘΑΡΣΤΡ
̣Τ̣..,ΤΙΣ
.ΡΑΚΙ

Λέοντ(ι) β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) στρατ[ηγ(ῷ)] τῖς [Θ]ρᾴκι(ς)

Obverse

A bird, likely a peacock, walking. Circular inscription between two borders of dots.

ΚΕΟΗΘΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΛΕΟΝ
Τ,ΑΣΠΑ
ΘΑΡΣΤΡ
̣Τ̣..,ΤΙΣ
.ΡΑΚΙ

Λέοντ(ι) β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) στρατ[ηγ(ῷ)] τῖς [Θ]ρᾴκι(ς)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1219
Diameter 29.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 71.29.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντι βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῖς Θρᾴκις.

Lord, help your servant Leo imperial protospatharios and strategos of Thrace.

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)
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