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Eustathios imperial spatharios and eparch of Thessalonica (eighth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: .Σ|ΔΛ. Indeterminate border.

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. No visible border.

ΣΤΑ
Β/ΣΠΑ
ΕΠΑΡΧ
ΘΕΣΣΑΛ.
ΝΗΚΙΣ

Εὐσταθίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐπάρχῳ Θεσσαλονήκις

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: .Σ|ΔΛ. Indeterminate border.

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. No visible border.

ΣΤΑ
Β/ΣΠΑ
ΕΠΑΡΧ
ΘΕΣΣΑΛ.
ΝΗΚΙΣ

Εὐσταθίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐπάρχῳ Θεσσαλονήκις

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2377
Diameter 26.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 18.19.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Εὐσταθίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐπάρχῳ Θεσσαλονήκις.

Lord, help your servant Eustathios imperial spatharios and eparch of Thessalonica.

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