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Demetrios imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Anatolikoi (eighth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (Χ in center, ΙΣ at r., Β at the bottom). In the quarters: ....|..ΛΩ. Wreath border.

Χριστὲ βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.

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ΤΡΙΒˊΑ
ΘˊΣΤΡ
ΤΝΑ
ΤΟΛ

Δημητρί βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (Χ in center, ΙΣ at r., Β at the bottom). In the quarters: ....|..ΛΩ. Wreath border.

Χριστὲ βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.

..
ΤΡΙΒˊΑ
ΘˊΣΤΡ
ΤΝΑ
ΤΟΛ

Δημητρί βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2557
Diameter 26.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 86.51.

Translation

Χριστὲ βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Δημητρίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν.

Christ, help your servant Demetrios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Anatolikoi.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
  • Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
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  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
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