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N., strategos of Macedonia (eighth/ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Lower half of cruciform invocative monogram with the letters: ΔΛΩ. Wreath border.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τῷ σῷ] δούλῳ

Reverse

Traces of four inscribed lines. No visible border.

...
ΤΡΑΤ
ΜΑΚΕ
ΔΟΝΙ

...... [σ]τρατ[ηγῷ] Μακεδονί(ας)

Obverse

Lower half of cruciform invocative monogram with the letters: ΔΛΩ. Wreath border.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τῷ σῷ] δούλῳ

Reverse

Traces of four inscribed lines. No visible border.

...
ΤΡΑΤ
ΜΑΚΕ
ΔΟΝΙ

...... [σ]τρατ[ηγῷ] Μακεδονί(ας)

Accession number BZS.1947.2.100
Diameter 23.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 43.37.

Translation

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ ...... στρατηγῷ Μακεδονίας.

Lord or Theotokos, help your servant N., strategos of Macedonia.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
  • Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
  • Theophanes Continuatus, Ioannes Cameniata, Symeon Magister, Georgius Monachus (Open in Zotero)