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Paul (?) imperial spatharios and strategos of the Thrakesioi (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: .-..|δ-λ. Indeterminate border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ [σῷ] δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four visible lines. No visible border.

..υ
β/σπ
Sστρ/..
.κησι.

[Π]αύ[λ]ῳ (?) β(ασιλικῷ) σπα[θ(αρίῳ)] (καὶ) στρα(τηγῷ) [Θρᾳ]κησί[ων]

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: .-..|δ-λ. Indeterminate border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ [σῷ] δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four visible lines. No visible border.

..υ
β/σπ
Sστρ/..
.κησι.

[Π]αύ[λ]ῳ (?) β(ασιλικῷ) σπα[θ(αρίῳ)] (καὶ) στρα(τηγῷ) [Θρᾳ]κησί[ων]

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3357
Diameter 27.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 2.50.

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

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Παύλῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Θρᾳκησίων.

Mother of God, help your servant Paul, imperial spatharios and strategos of the Thrakesioi.

Bibliography

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