Theoleptos imperial protospatharios epi ton oikeiakon and kommerkiarios of Chaldia (tenth century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross (X at the lower crossing), with fleurons arising from the base up to and beyond the lower trasverse bar. Traces of a circular inscription. No visible border.
Rοη....σδ
[Κ(ύρι)ε] βοή[θει τῷ] σῷ δ(ούλῳ)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross (X at the lower crossing), with fleurons arising from the base up to and beyond the lower trasverse bar. Traces of a circular inscription. No visible border.
Rοη....σδ
[Κ(ύρι)ε] βοή[θει τῷ] σῷ δ(ούλῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. No visible border.
.θεο.
.πτRασπ
θετυκι
..ομερκ.
..χαλδ
Θεο[λή]πτ(ῳ) β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπ[α]θ(αρίῳ) ἐπὴ τ(ῶν) ὐκι(α)[κ(ῶν) (καὶ) κ]ομερκ[ιαρ(ίῳ)] Χαλδ(ίας)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.2681 |
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Diameter | 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 32.28. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεολήπτῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ ἐπὴ τῶν ὐκιακῶν καὶ κομερκιαρίῳ Χαλδίας.
Lord, help your servant Theoleptos, imperial protospatharios epi ton oikeiakon and kommerkiarios of Chaldia.
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