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Leo imperial protospatharios and strategos of Pamphlagonia (ninth/tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on three steps. Circular inscription, beginning at twelve o'clock, between concentric circles of dots:

κεRοηθητσδλ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. No visible border.

λεον
τιRσπ
θSστρ
τπμφλ
γν

Λέοντι β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατ(ηγῷ) Παμφλαγων(ίας)

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on three steps. Circular inscription, beginning at twelve o'clock, between concentric circles of dots:

κεRοηθητσδλ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. No visible border.

λεον
τιRσπ
θSστρ
τπμφλ
γν

Λέοντι β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατ(ηγῷ) Παμφλαγων(ίας)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1405
Diameter 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 11.35.

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

Translation

Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντι βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Παμφλαγωνίας.

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

Commentary

For the form Παμφλαγονία, see BZS.1955.1.964.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Bleisiegel in Berlin II (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
  • Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)