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
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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ΤΡΙΒˊΑ
ΘˊΣΤΡ
ΤΝΑ
ΤΟΛ
Δημητρίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.2557 |
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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)
- Sceaux byzantins du Musée National de Varsovie (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)