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Christophoros imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Kibyrraiotai (eighth/ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type); in the quarters: .Σ|ΔΛ. Indeterminate border.

Κύριε/Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription. No visible border.

ΟΦΟΡ
.ΣΠ
ΣΤΡΤΤ
ΚΙΒΥΡ/

Χριστοφόρῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Κιβυρραιωτῶν

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type); in the quarters: .Σ|ΔΛ. Indeterminate border.

Κύριε/Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription. No visible border.

ΟΦΟΡ
.ΣΠ
ΣΤΡΤΤ
ΚΙΒΥΡ/

Χριστοφόρῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Κιβυρραιωτῶν

Accession number BZS.1958.106.2919
Diameter 26.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 59.22.

Translation

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Χριστοφόρῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Κιβυρραιωτῶν.

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

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