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Theodore patrikios, imperial protospatharios, and strategos of Macedonia (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (unspecified type); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Border of dots.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Indeterminate border.

ΘΕΔ
ΠΤΡΒΑ
ΣΠΣΤΡ.
ΜΑΚΕΔ

Θεωδώ[ρ]ῳ πατρ(ικίῳ), β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπ(αθαρίῳ) (καὶ) στρα[τ(ηγῷ)] Μακεδ(ονίας)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (unspecified type); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Border of dots.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Indeterminate border.

ΘΕΔ
ΠΤΡΒΑ
ΣΠΣΤΡ.
ΜΑΚΕΔ

Θεωδώ[ρ]ῳ πατρ(ικίῳ), β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπ(αθαρίῳ) (καὶ) στρα[τ(ηγῷ)] Μακεδ(ονίας)

Accession number BZS.1947.2.98
Diameter 28.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 43.35a.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεωδώρῳ πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Μακεδονίας.

Mother of God, help your servant Theodore, patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Macedonia.

Commentary

This specimen comes from the same boulloterion as BZS.1947.2.99 and has been edited jointly with its counterpart.

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)