Theodosios imperial protospatharios and strategos of Cephalonia and Longobardia (tenth century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on three steps, surrounded by a circle of distant dots; two pellets in the lower quarters of the cruciform. Along the circumference, between two borders of tight dots, inscription.
κεοηθΕιτ
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ [σῷ δούλῳ]
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on three steps, surrounded by a circle of distant dots; two pellets in the lower quarters of the cruciform. Along the circumference, between two borders of tight dots, inscription.
κεοηθΕιτ
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ [σῷ δούλῳ]
Reverse
Inscription in seven lines. No visible border.
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.ρατ,κ,φαλ
.νSλογγ
.ρδιˊ
Θεο[δ]οσίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) [(πρωτο)]σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) σ[τ]ρατ(ηγῷ) Κ(ε)φ[α]λ[η]ν(ίας) καὶ Λογγ[ι]βαρδί(ας)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.2277 |
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Diameter | 18.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 3.4. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοδοσίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Κεφαληνίας καὶ Λογγιβαρδίας.
Lord, help your servant Theodosios imperial protospatharios and strategos of Cephalonia and Longobardia.
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)
Commentary
The combination of the command of Longobardia with that of Cephalonia, on the other side of the Ionian sea, is frequent, cf. BZS.1947.2.56 and Falkenhausen, Dominazione, 24-25.