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N. protospatharios and protonotarios of the Armeniakoi (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Theodore holding a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left hand. Vertical inscription on either side: |υε|ο-δ|ρ|ο, : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδωρο(ς). Along the border of dots, at right, remnants of a circular inscription:

δλ,

[Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ] δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.

....σ
....σπα
υα.Sα̅νο
τα.τ,αρ
..νια
– κ –

[..]σ[... πρωτο]σπαθα[ρ(ίῳ)] (καὶ) (πρωτο)νοτα[ρ(ίῳ)] τ(ῶν) Ἀρ[με]νιακ(ῶν)

Obverse

Bust of St. Theodore holding a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left hand. Vertical inscription on either side: |υε|ο-δ|ρ|ο, : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδωρο(ς). Along the border of dots, at right, remnants of a circular inscription:

δλ,

[Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ] δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.

....σ
....σπα
υα.Sα̅νο
τα.τ,αρ
..νια
– κ –

[..]σ[... πρωτο]σπαθα[ρ(ίῳ)] (καὶ) (πρωτο)νοτα[ρ(ίῳ)] τ(ῶν) Ἀρ[με]νιακ(ῶν)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3143
Diameter 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 22.39.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ [..]σ[...] πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ πρωτονοταρίῳ τῶν Ἀρμενιακῶν.

Lord or Mother of God, help your servant [...s], protospatharios and protonotarios of the Armeniakoi.

Bibliography

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  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
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  • De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
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  • Istoriceskoe znacenie italo-greceskoj ikonopisi: Izobra zenija Bogomatera v prozvedenijah italo-greceskih ikonopiscev i ih vlijanie na kompozicii nekotoryh proslavlennyh russkih ikon (Open in Zotero)