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Michael imperial protospatharios and strategos of Cherson (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

St. Michael standing, holding the labarum and globus. Circular inscription along the circumference within a border of dots:

ΑΡΧΗΣΤ.ΑΤΙΓ,ΟΗΘΕΙ

Ἀρχηστ[ρ]άτιγ(ε) βοήθει

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of pellets within concentric circles of dots.

ΜΙΧΑ
ΗΛ,Α,ΣΠ
ΑΘ,Κ,ΣΤΡΑ
ΤΙΓΟΧΕΡ
ΣΟΝΟΣ

Μιχαὴλ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) κ(αὶ) στρατιγο Χερσόνος

Obverse

St. Michael standing, holding the labarum and globus. Circular inscription along the circumference within a border of dots:

ΑΡΧΗΣΤ.ΑΤΙΓ,ΟΗΘΕΙ

Ἀρχηστ[ρ]άτιγ(ε) βοήθει

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of pellets within concentric circles of dots.

ΜΙΧΑ
ΗΛ,Α,ΣΠ
ΑΘ,Κ,ΣΤΡΑ
ΤΙΓΟΧΕΡ
ΣΟΝΟΣ

Μιχαὴλ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) κ(αὶ) στρατιγο Χερσόνος

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.746
Diameter 26.0 mm; field: 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 82.17; and Alekseyenko, L'administration byzantine de Cherson, no. 83.

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

Translation

Ἀρχηστράτιγε βοήθει Μιχαὴλ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατιγο Χερσόνος.

Commander of the heavenly host, help Michael imperial protospatharios and strategos of Cherson.

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