Leo imperial protospatharios and strategos of Pamphlagonia (ninth/tenth century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on three steps. Circular inscription, beginning at twelve o'clock, between concentric circles of dots:
κεRοηθητσδλ
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on three steps. Circular inscription, beginning at twelve o'clock, between concentric circles of dots:
κεRοηθητσδλ
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. No visible border.
λεον
τιRσπ
θSστρ
τπμφλ
γν
Λέοντι β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατ(ηγῷ) Παμφλαγων(ίας)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1405 |
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Diameter | 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 11.35. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντι βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Παμφλαγωνίας.
Lord, help your servant Leo, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Pamphlagonia.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Bleisiegel in Berlin II (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
- Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
For the form Παμφλαγονία, see BZS.1955.1.964.