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Theodotos imperial protospatharios and strategos of Paphlagonia (ninth/tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cross potent (with pellets at ends of bars) on four steps resting on a ball. Circular inscription within a border of dots, along the circumference:

εRοηθειτσδουλ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, preceded and followed by a row of pellets. Border of dots.


θεοδ
τρ΄΄σπ
θρ,Sστρ
τηγπ
φλγ,

Θεοδ(ό)τῳ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) στρατηγῷ Παφλαγ(ονίας)

Obverse

Cross potent (with pellets at ends of bars) on four steps resting on a ball. Circular inscription within a border of dots, along the circumference:

εRοηθειτσδουλ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, preceded and followed by a row of pellets. Border of dots.


θεοδ
τρ΄΄σπ
θρ,Sστρ
τηγπ
φλγ,

Θεοδ(ό)τῳ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) στρατηγῷ Παφλαγ(ονίας)

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1696
Diameter 24.0 mm; field: 17.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 11.41.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοδότῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Παφλαγονίας.

Lord, help your servant Theodotos, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Paphlagonia.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Bleisiegel in Berlin II (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
  • Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)