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Theophylaktos imperial spatharios and kommerkiarios of Thessalonica (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Patriarchal cross (X at both crossings) on four steps. Traces of a circular inscription along the circumference. No visible border.

.Κ̣Ε̣.........ΔΟΥΛ

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. No visible border.

ΘΕΟ
ΦΥΛΚΤ,
ΣΠΘΡΙ,
ΚΟΥΜΕΡΚΙ
Ρ,ΘΕΣ
ΛΝΙ

Θεοφυλάκτ(ῳ) β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθαρί(ῳ) (καὶ) κουμερκιαρ(ίῳ) Θεσαλωνί(κης)

Obverse

Patriarchal cross (X at both crossings) on four steps. Traces of a circular inscription along the circumference. No visible border.

.Κ̣Ε̣.........ΔΟΥΛ

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. No visible border.

ΘΕΟ
ΦΥΛΚΤ,
ΣΠΘΡΙ,
ΚΟΥΜΕΡΚΙ
Ρ,ΘΕΣ
ΛΝΙ

Θεοφυλάκτ(ῳ) β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθαρί(ῳ) (καὶ) κουμερκιαρ(ίῳ) Θεσαλωνί(κης)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.424
Diameter 17.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 18.48.

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

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοφυλάκτῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ κουμερκιαρίῳ Θεσαλωνίκης.

Lord, help your servant Theophylaktos imperial spatharios and kommerkiarios of Thessalonica.

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