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Teleryg-Theophylaktos, patrikios (eighth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram: Χριστέ βοήθει. In the quarters: τσ|λ. Wreath border.

Χριστέ βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.

τελ
ερυγθε
οΦυλκ
τπτρ
ικι

Τελερὺγ Θεοφυλάκτῳ πατρικίῳ

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram: Χριστέ βοήθει. In the quarters: τσ|λ. Wreath border.

Χριστέ βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.

τελ
ερυγθε
οΦυλκ
τπτρ
ικι

Τελερὺγ Θεοφυλάκτῳ πατρικίῳ

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2256
Diameter 27.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Oikonomides, Dated Seals, no. 41.

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

Translation

Χριστέ βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Τελερὺγ Θεοφυλάκτῳ πατρικίῳ.

Christ, help your servant Teleryg-Theophylaktos, patrikios.

Commentary

See the comments on the better preserved parallel linked below.

Bibliography