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Theognostos (or Theoktistos) imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Armeniakoi (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Peacock with an open tail. Beginning of a circular inscription within a border of dots, starting at one o'clock:

.εRοηθ-.....

[Θεοτόκ]ε βοήθ[ει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

+θε....
στRασ.
αθαρ,Sστ.
ατηγ,τ.
αρμ..

Θε[ογνώ]στῳ or Θε[οκτί]στῳ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σ[π]αθαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) στ[ρ]ατηγ(ῷ) τῶ[ν] Ἀρμ[εν(ιακῶν)]

Obverse

Peacock with an open tail. Beginning of a circular inscription within a border of dots, starting at one o'clock:

.εRοηθ-.....

[Θεοτόκ]ε βοήθ[ει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

+θε....
στRασ.
αθαρ,Sστ.
ατηγ,τ.
αρμ..

Θε[ογνώ]στῳ or Θε[οκτί]στῳ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σ[π]αθαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) στ[ρ]ατηγ(ῷ) τῶ[ν] Ἀρμ[εν(ιακῶν)]

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3292
Diameter 22.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 22.50.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεογνώστῳ or Θεοκτίστῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Ἀρμενιακῶν.

Mother of God, help your servant Theognostos (or Theoktistos), imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Armeniakoi.

Bibliography

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