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John imperial protospatharios and strategos of Cephalonia (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

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

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.

+ΙΝ
ΝΗΒ/ / ΣΠ
ΘΣΤΡΤ
ΚΕΦΛ

Ἰωάννῃ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατ(ηγῷ) Κεφαλ(ληνίας)

Obverse

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

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.

+ΙΝ
ΝΗΒ/ / ΣΠ
ΘΣΤΡΤ
ΚΕΦΛ

Ἰωάννῃ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατ(ηγῷ) Κεφαλ(ληνίας)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1271
Diameter 27.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 1.13. See also Zacos-Veglery, no. 2050.

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

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Κεφαλληνίας.

Mother of God, help your servant John, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Cephalonia.

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