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Leo imperial spatharokandidatos and ek prosopou of Dyrrachion (ninth/tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on four steps. Circular inscription between two borders of dots.

ΚΕΟΗΘΗ...ΔΛ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη [τῷ σ]ῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Five lines of inscription. No visible border.

ΛΕΟΝ
ΤΣΠΑΘΑ
ΡΟΚΕΚ.
ΡΟΣΠ,Τ
ΔΟΡΑΧ
.Ο.

Λέοντ(ι) β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθαροκ(ανδιδάτῳ) (καὶ) ἐκ [π]ροσώπ(ου) τοῦ Δοραχ[ί]ο[υ]

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on four steps. Circular inscription between two borders of dots.

ΚΕΟΗΘΗ...ΔΛ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη [τῷ σ]ῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Five lines of inscription. No visible border.

ΛΕΟΝ
ΤΣΠΑΘΑ
ΡΟΚΕΚ.
ΡΟΣΠ,Τ
ΔΟΡΑΧ
.Ο.

Λέοντ(ι) β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθαροκ(ανδιδάτῳ) (καὶ) ἐκ [π]ροσώπ(ου) τοῦ Δοραχ[ί]ο[υ]

Accession number BZS.1947.2.79
Diameter 22.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 12.4.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντι βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ Δοραχίου.

Lord, help your servant Leo imperial spatharokandidatos and ek prosopou of Dyrrachion.

Bibliography

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