N. patrikios and strategos of the Anatolikoi (eighth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: ΤΔ.|Λ.. . Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τ[ῷ] δ[ού]λῳ [σου]
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: ΤΔ.|Λ.. . Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τ[ῷ] δ[ού]λῳ [σου]
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Wreath border.
.....
ΝΠΑΤ
ΙΚΙΣΤ
ΗΓΤ
ΝΑΤΛ
ΚΝ
...νῷ πατ[ρ]ικίῳ (καὶ) στ[ρατ]ηγῷ τῶ[ν Ἀ]νατωλ[ι]κῶν
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1477 |
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Diameter | 29.0 mm; field: 24.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 86.58. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ δούλῳ σου ...νῷ πατρικίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Ἀνατωλικῶν.
Mother of God, help your servant ...nos, patrikios and strategos of the Anatolikoi.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- Sceaux byzantins du Musée National de Varsovie (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Cf. BZS.1955.1.1291 (linked below).
The name of the strategos who issued this seal could be Adrianos, Marianos, Photeinos, Romanos, etc.