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
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.
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β//σπ
Sστρτ/τ
ρμεν
β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπα(θαρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατ(ηγῷ) τ(ῶν) Ἀρμεν(ιακῶν)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.445 |
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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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- Istoriceskoe znacenie italo-greceskoj ikonopisi: Izobra zenija Bogomatera v prozvedenijah italo-greceskih ikonopiscev i ih vlijanie na kompozicii nekotoryh proslavlennyh russkih ikon (Open in Zotero)