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Basil imperial spatharokandidatos and tourmarches of the Boukellarioi (ninth/tenth century)

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Accession number BZS.1947.2.154
Diameter 18 mm
Condition Blank too small for die.
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 1.39.

Obverse

Cross potent. Remains of a circular inscription. Indeterminate border.

κεRοηθε

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθε[ι τῷ σῷ δούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

Rσ
οRσπ
ροκνδ
υρμρχ
κελα

Βασ[ιλεί]ο β(ασιλικῷ) σπα[θα]ροκανδ(ιδάτῳ) [(καὶ) το]υρμάρχῃ [Βου]κελα[ρίων]

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Βασιλείο βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ τουρμάρχῃ Βουκελαρίων.

Lord, help your servant Basil, imperial spatharokandidatos and tourmarches of the Boukellarioi.

Accession number BZS.1947.2.154
Diameter 18 mm
Condition Blank too small for die.
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 1.39.

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