Anastasios imperial protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou and strategos of An(chialos) (?) (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of a bishop-saint, blessing and holding book. Traces of vertical inscription. Linear border, along with inscription.
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[Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ] σῷ δού(λῳ)
Obverse
Bust of a bishop-saint, blessing and holding book. Traces of vertical inscription. Linear border, along with inscription.
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[Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ] σῷ δού(λῳ)
Reverse
Inscription preceded and followed by tendril decoration. Indeterminate border.
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Ἀναστ[α]σίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυ[σο]τρ(ικλίνου) (καὶ) στρ(α)τ(η)γ(ῷ) Ἀγ[χιάλου]
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.3280 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 73.1b. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀναστασίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου καὶ στρατηγῷ Ἀγχιάλου (?).
Lord, help your servant Anastasios imperial protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou and strategos of Anchialos (?).
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)
- Μελέται περὶ τῆς διοικητικῆς διαιρέσεως καὶ τῆς ἐπαρχιακῆς διοικήσεως ἐν τῷ βυζαντινῷ κράτει (Open in Zotero)
- La Thrace Orientale et La Mer Noire: Géographie Ecclésiastique et Prosopographie (VIIIe-XIIe Siècles) (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The reading of this specimen is based on its better preserved parallel from the same boulloterion: see BZS 1947.2.39.