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N., kommerkiarios of the abydos of Thessalonica (eighth/ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (of indeterminate type); visible in the quarters at r.: ΣΩ|ΛΩ. Wreath border.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription. No visible border.

Μ,Ρ
ΒΥΔ
ΘΕΣ
ΟΝ

.... κομμερκιαρίῳ τοῦβύδου Θεσσαλονίκης

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (of indeterminate type); visible in the quarters at r.: ΣΩ|ΛΩ. Wreath border.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription. No visible border.

Μ,Ρ
ΒΥΔ
ΘΕΣ
ΟΝ

.... κομμερκιαρίῳ τοῦβύδου Θεσσαλονίκης

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3034
Diameter 19.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 18.11.

Translation

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ .... κομμερκιαρίῳ τοῦ ἀβύδου Θεσσαλονίκης.

Lord or Theotokos, help your servant N., kommerkiarios of the abydos of Thessalonica.

Bibliography

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