Balantios imperial protospatharios and strategos of Cappadocia (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas blessing and holding a book. Vertical inscription on either side: .|α|γ,-ν|η|κ|λ, : [ὁ] ἅγ(ιος) Νηκ(ό)λ(αος). Remains of a circular inscription within a border of dots:
............δουλ
[Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ] δούλῳ
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas blessing and holding a book. Vertical inscription on either side: .|α|γ,-ν|η|κ|λ, : [ὁ] ἅγ(ιος) Νηκ(ό)λ(αος). Remains of a circular inscription within a border of dots:
............δουλ
[Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ] δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.
Rλ.
ιR,ˋσπ
.θSστρτ
ι.κπδ
.κισ
Bαλα[ντ]ίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπ[α]θ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατι[γ(ῷ)] Καπαδ[ο]κίας
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.52 |
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Diameter | 23.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 43.9 A similar seal is published in the Athens Collection: Sig., 278-79, no. 5; Konstantopoulos, no. 151. The Athens and Dumbarton Oaks seals appear to come from the same boulloterion. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Bαλαντίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ Καπαδοκίας.
Lord, help your servant Balantios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Cappadocia.
Bibliography
- Βυζαντιακὰ μολυβδόβουλλα. Ἡ συλλογὴ Ἀναστασίου Κ. Π. Σταμούλη (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- De Administrando Imperio (Open in Zotero)
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