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N. protospatharios and strategos of the Armeniakoi (eighth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type); in the quarters: ..-σ.|δ|-λ. Wreath border.

Reverse

Inscription of which three lines remain, a decoration below. Wreath border.

θSστ
τηγτ
ρμενιικ
 + 

[..... πρωτοσπ]αθα(ρίῳ) (καὶ) στ[ρα]τηγῷ τῶ[ν Ἀ]ρμενιικ(ῶν)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type); in the quarters: ..-σ.|δ|-λ. Wreath border.

Reverse

Inscription of which three lines remain, a decoration below. Wreath border.

θSστ
τηγτ
ρμενιικ
 + 

[..... πρωτοσπ]αθα(ρίῳ) (καὶ) στ[ρα]τηγῷ τῶ[ν Ἀ]ρμενιικ(ῶν)

Accession number BZS.1958.106.3386
Diameter 22.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 22.53.

Translation

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ [...] πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Ἀρμενιικῶν.

Lord or Mother of God, help your servant ... protospatharios and strategos of the Armeniakoi.

Commentary

Note the spelling "Armeniikon."

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
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  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (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)