Accession number | BZS.1958.106.825 |
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Diameter | 34 mm |
Previous Editions | Zacos-Veglery, no. 1850 (misread); DO Seals 1, 5.7. |
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the angles: .σ.|δλ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σ[ῷ] δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription in five lines. Indeterminate border.
..δρε
π.τρικβ
σπSσρ.
τηγσικ
ελισ
[Ἀν]δρέ[ᾳ?] π[α]τρικ(ίῳ), β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπ(αθαρίῳ) (καὶ) σ<τ>ρ[α]τηγῷ Σικελίας
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀνδρέᾳ (?) πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Σικελίας.
Theotokos, help your servant Andrew (?) patrikios, imperial protospatharios, and strategos of Sicily.
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.825 |
---|---|
Diameter | 34 mm |
Previous Editions | Zacos-Veglery, no. 1850 (misread); DO Seals 1, 5.7. |
Commentary
Amari I, 338, note 1, speaks of a seal that belonged to a certain "Andrea consolare e stratego" (of Sicily?).