Skip to Content

Stephanos imperial spatharios and general logothetes (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). In the quarters: .σ|δλ. Thin wreath border.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines beginning with a cross. Thin wreath border.

σ..
φν
σπθγ̣
ενλογο̣
θετη

Σ[τ]εφάνῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) γεν(ικῷ) λογοθέτῃ

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). In the quarters: .σ|δλ. Thin wreath border.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines beginning with a cross. Thin wreath border.

σ..
φν
σπθγ̣
ενλογο̣
θετη

Σ[τ]εφάνῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) γεν(ικῷ) λογοθέτῃ

Accession number BZS.1947.2.675
Diameter 22.0 mm; field: 18.0 mm

Translation

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Στεφάνῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ γενικῷ λογοθέτῃ.

Lord or Mother of God, help your servant Stephanos, imperial spatharios and general logothetes.