Theodoulos patrikios and strategos of Sicily (eighth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. No visible border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, cross above. Wreath border.
.ΕΟΔ
ΠΤΡΙ
ΚΙΚ,ΣΤΡ
ΓΣΙΚ
..Ι.Σ
Θεοδούλῳ πατρικίῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ Σικελίας
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. No visible border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, cross above. Wreath border.
.ΕΟΔ
ΠΤΡΙ
ΚΙΚ,ΣΤΡ
ΓΣΙΚ
..Ι.Σ
Θεοδούλῳ πατρικίῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ Σικελίας
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.1230 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 28.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 5.29b. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοδούλῳ πατρικίῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ Σικελίας.
Theotokos, help your servant Thedoulos patrikios and strategos of Sicily.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Storia della Sicilia, Vol. 3, La Sicilia fra Roma e Bisanzio (Open in Zotero)
- L’amministrazione del tema de Sicilia (Open in Zotero)
- Une liste arabe des stratèges du thème de Sicile (Open in Zotero)
- La Sicile byzantine: État de recherches (Open in Zotero)
- Une source peu étudiée de l’histoire de la Sicile au haut Moyen-Age: La sigillographie byzantine (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanes Continuatus, Ioannes Cameniata, Symeon Magister, Georgius Monachus (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This specimen comes from the same boulloterion as BZS.1955.1.1229 and their readings have been combined. See also BZS.1958.106.2697 which comes from a different, more "provincial," boulloterion containing the same legend.