Blasios exaktor (eleventh century, second half)

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Accession number	BZS.1955.1.3592
Diameter	27 mm
Previous Editions	Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 205.

Obverse

Bust of St. Basil offering a blessing with his right hand. Details indistinct. Traces of epigraphy: ||α|σι : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Βασί[λειος]. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines (perhaps with a cross above). Border of dots.


λσι
ονεΚ̣
τ,ρμΡ̣
τυσσκε
ποισ

Βλάσιον έξάκτ(ο)ρα, ὦ μάρτυς, σκέποις

Translation

Βλάσιον έξάκτορα, ὦ μάρτυς, σκέποις.

Martyr, may you protect the exaktor Blasios.

Accession number	BZS.1955.1.3592
Diameter	27 mm
Previous Editions	Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 205.

Bibliography

Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden Teil 1: A - M

Accession number	BZS.1955.1.3592
Diameter	27 mm
Previous Editions	Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 205.

Notes

Accession number	BZS.1955.1.3592
Diameter	27 mm
Previous Editions	Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 205.

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