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George imperial spatharokandidatos and strategos of the Peloponnesos (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, presumably beginning with a cross. Wreath border.

γερ
γιβ/σπθ,
κνιτο
στρτ,πε
λοπονη,

Γεωργίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρο)κανδιδάτο (καὶ) στρατ(ηγῷ) Πελοπονή(σου)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, presumably beginning with a cross. Wreath border.

γερ
γιβ/σπθ,
κνιτο
στρτ,πε
λοπονη,

Γεωργίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρο)κανδιδάτο (καὶ) στρατ(ηγῷ) Πελοπονή(σου)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1246
Diameter 34.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 22.25.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Γεωργίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτο καὶ στρατηγῷ Πελοπονήσου.

Mother of God, help your servant George, imperial spatharokandidatos and strategos of the Peloponnesos.

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