Pothos patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Hellas and of Sicily (ninth/tenth century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on four steps. Along the circumference, between two borders of dots, an inscription.
ΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ
[Κύριε βοήθ]ει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΠΟΘ
ΠΑΤΡΙΚˊΑ
ΣΠΑΘˊΣΤΡΑ
ΤΗΓˊΕΛΛΑΔˊ
ΣΙΚΕΛΙ
Πόθῳ πατρικ(ίῳ), β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ), στρατηγ(ῷ) Ἑλλάδ(ος) (καὶ) Σικελί(ας)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on four steps. Along the circumference, between two borders of dots, an inscription.
ΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ
[Κύριε βοήθ]ει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΠΟΘ
ΠΑΤΡΙΚˊΑ
ΣΠΑΘˊΣΤΡΑ
ΤΗΓˊΕΛΛΑΔˊ
ΣΙΚΕΛΙ
Πόθῳ πατρικ(ίῳ), β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ), στρατηγ(ῷ) Ἑλλάδ(ος) (καὶ) Σικελί(ας)
| Accession number | BZS.1947.2.92 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 25.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 5.22. Cf. another specimen (perhaps from the same boulloterion) in Borsari, Amministrazione, 157, no. 9 (Archaeological Museum of Syracuse). |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Πόθῳ πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ, στρατηγῷ Ἑλλάδος καὶ Σικελίας.
Lord, help your servant Pothos patrikios, imperial protospatharios, strategos of Hellas and of Sicily.
Bibliography
- 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)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanes Continuatus, Ioannes Cameniata, Symeon Magister, Georgius Monachus (Open in Zotero)