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Leo imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Boukellarioi (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Patriarchal cross (X on the lower crossbar) on three steps with fleurons rising to the lower crossbar. Remains of a circular inscription within a linear border:

τσδουλ,

[Κύριε βοήθει] τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Linear border.

λ...
τοσ....
αθαρ,S...
ατ,R...
ελαρ

Λ[έοντος [β(ασιλικοῦ) (πρωτο)σπ]αθαρ(ίου) (καὶ) [στρ]ατηγ(οῦ) Β[ουκελαρ[ίων]

Obverse

Patriarchal cross (X on the lower crossbar) on three steps with fleurons rising to the lower crossbar. Remains of a circular inscription within a linear border:

τσδουλ,

[Κύριε βοήθει] τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Linear border.

λ...
τοσ....
αθαρ,S...
ατ,R...
ελαρ

Λ[έοντος [β(ασιλικοῦ) (πρωτο)σπ]αθαρ(ίου) (καὶ) [στρ]ατηγ(οῦ) Β[ουκελαρ[ίων]

Accession number BZS.1958.106.870
Diameter 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 1.30

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντος βασιλικοῦ πρωτοσπαθαρίου καὶ στρατηγοῦ Βουκελαρίων.

Lord, help your servant Leo, imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Boukellarioi.

Commentary

The reading [Βα(σιλικοῦ) σπ]αθαρ(ίου) is also possible but unlikely.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
  • Galatien und Lykaonien (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)