N., strategos of Macedonia (eighth/ninth century)
Obverse
Remains of a cruciform invocative monogram. In the quarters: ..Σ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Remains of a cruciform invocative monogram. In the quarters: ..Σ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Three remaining inscribed lines. No visible border.
ΒΣ
ΘΣΤΗ
ΜΚΕΔ
......ῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Μακεδονίας
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1820 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 43.36. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ ......ῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Μακεδονίας.
Lord or Theotokos, help your servant N., imperial spatharios and strategos of Macedonia.
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