Epiphanios imperial spatharios and tourmarches of Hellas (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the four quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. No visible border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the four quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. No visible border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. No visible border.
ΕΠΗΦΝ
Ι/ΣΠΘ/
ΤΡΜΡ
Χ/ΕΛΔ/
Ἐπηφανίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ τουρμάρχῃ Ἑλάδος
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.4204 |
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Diameter | 29.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 8.61b. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἐπηφανίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ τουρμάρχῃ Ἑλάδος.
Mother of God, help your servant Epiphanios imperial spatharios and tourmarch 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)
- 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)
- Mélanges d’archéologie byzantine (Open in Zotero)
- Molivdovuly grečeskogo Vostoka (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Le Peloponnese byzantin jusqu’en 1204 (Open in Zotero)
- Du stratège de thème au duc: chronologie de l’évolution au cours du XIe siècle (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Hellas und Thessalia (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
For a discussion of this seal and its owner, see the commentary to BZS 1958.106.3640.