Demetrios hypatos, imperial kommerkiarios of the abydos of Thessalonica (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. No visible border.
ΔΙΜΗ
ΤΡΙΥΠΤ
ΒΚΟ..ΡΚ
ΒΥΔΘ.
Διμητρίῳ ὑπάτ(ῳ), β(ασιλικῷ) κο[με]ρκ(ιαρίῳ) [τ]οῦ ἀβύδ(ου) Θ[εσαλον(ίκης)]
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1791 |
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Diameter | 30.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 18.3. Cf. three similar seals published by Zacos-Veglery, no. 1852. They have the same allignment of letters (cf. DO Seals 2, no. 18.2) but are not from the same boulloterion. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Διμητρίῳ ὑπάτῳ, βασιλικῷ κομερκιαρίῳ τοῦ ἀβύδου Θεσαλονίκης.
Mother of God, help your servant Demetrios hypatos, imperial kommerkiarios of the abydos of Thessalonica.
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