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Leo patrikios and strategos of the Thrakesioi (early eighth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: τ|λσ. Wreath border.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

λεον
.ιπατρι
.στρ
τηγ
νθρ

Λέον[τ]ι πατρι[κί]ῳ (καὶ) στρατηγῷ [τ]ῶν Θρ(ᾳκησίων)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: τ|λσ. Wreath border.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

λεον
.ιπατρι
.στρ
τηγ
νθρ

Λέον[τ]ι πατρι[κί]ῳ (καὶ) στρατηγῷ [τ]ῶν Θρ(ᾳκησίων)

Accession number BZS.1947.2.182
Diameter 26.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 2.42.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ δούλῳ σου Λέοντι πατρικίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Θρᾳκησίων.

Theotokos, help your servant Leo, patrikios and strategos of the Thrakesioi.

Bibliography

  • Theophanis Chronographia (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)