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Euphemianos patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Hellas (eighth/ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); remains of letters in the lower quarters: ΛΩ. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τῷ σῷ δ]ούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.

.....
ΜΙΝ̣..
Ρ,Β/ΣΠ.
ΣΤΡΤ/Ε
ΛΟ

[Εὐφη]μιαν[ῷ πατ]ρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπα[θαρίῳ καὶ] στρατηγῷ Ἑ[λ]λάδο[ς]

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); remains of letters in the lower quarters: ΛΩ. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τῷ σῷ δ]ούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.

.....
ΜΙΝ̣..
Ρ,Β/ΣΠ.
ΣΤΡΤ/Ε
ΛΟ

[Εὐφη]μιαν[ῷ πατ]ρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπα[θαρίῳ καὶ] στρατηγῷ Ἑ[λ]λάδο[ς]

Accession number BZS 1955.1.818
Diameter 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 8.43f.
Cf. Zacos-Veglery, no. 1884.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Εὐφημιανῷ πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Ἑλλάδος.

Theotokos, help your servant Euphemianos patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Hellas.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
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  • Hellas und Thessalia (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
  • Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)

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