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Constantine protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou and strategos of Cherson (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

ΚΕΟ
ΗΘΕΙΤ
ΣΔΛ
Κ̅Ν̅

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΑΣΠΑΘ,
ΕΠΙΤ
ΓˊΚΛΣΤΡ,
ΤΙΓΧΕΡ
ΣΟΝ,

πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου καὶ στρατιγῷ Χερσόνος

Obverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

ΚΕΟ
ΗΘΕΙΤ
ΣΔΛ
Κ̅Ν̅

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΑΣΠΑΘ,
ΕΠΙΤ
ΓˊΚΛΣΤΡ,
ΤΙΓΧΕΡ
ΣΟΝ,

πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου καὶ στρατιγῷ Χερσόνος

Accession number BZS.1958.106.5398
Diameter 28.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 82.11.
Alekseyenko, L'administration byzantine de Cherson, no. 87 (with two parallels).

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου καὶ στρατιγῷ Χερσόνος.

Lord, help your servant Constantine protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou and strategos of Cherson.

Commentary

Three seals of a different type that belonged to a Constantine protospatharios (not epi tou Chrysotriklinou) and strategos of Cherson are listed by Sokolova, Monety, nos. 30-33.

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