Leo patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Anatolikoi (ninth century, first half)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII). In the quarters: τσ|.ουλ. Wreath border.
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ [δ]ούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII). In the quarters: τσ|.ουλ. Wreath border.
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ [δ]ούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.
ΛΕΟ
Τ/ ΠΤΡΙ
Β/ ΣΠΚΣ
ΡΤ/
ΤΟΛΙΚ /
Λέο[ν]τ(ι) πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ, καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1445 |
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Diameter | 28.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 86.55. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντι πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ, καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν.
Lord, help your servant Leo, patrikios, imperial protospatharios, and strategos of the Anatolikoi.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- Sceaux byzantins du Musée National de Varsovie (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)
Commentary
The owner of the present seal could be the future Emperor Leo V the Armenian (813-820).