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N. imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Armeniakoi (eighth/ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type); visible in the lower quarters: δλ. Wreath border.

Κύριε/Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τῷ σῷ] δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of which three lines remain. Wreath border.

.....
β//σπ
Sστρτ/τ
ρμεν

β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπα(θαρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατ(ηγῷ) τ(ῶν) Ἀρμεν(ιακῶν)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type); visible in the lower quarters: δλ. Wreath border.

Κύριε/Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τῷ σῷ] δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of which three lines remain. Wreath border.

.....
β//σπ
Sστρτ/τ
ρμεν

β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπα(θαρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατ(ηγῷ) τ(ῶν) Ἀρμεν(ιακῶν)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.445
Diameter 22.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 22.54.

Translation

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ [...] βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Ἀρμενιακῶν.

Lord or Theotokos, help your servant ... imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Armeniakoi.

Bibliography

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