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Photeinos imperial protospatharios and kommerkiarios of Cherson (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Outline of a bust of the Virgin holding medallion of Christ before her. Traces of circular inscription. No visible border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. No visible border.

φ
ιν
θκουμ
ρκιρ,χε.
σν

Φωτεινῷ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ κουμμερκιαρίῳ Χερσώνος

Obverse

Outline of a bust of the Virgin holding medallion of Christ before her. Traces of circular inscription. No visible border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. No visible border.

φ
ιν
θκουμ
ρκιρ,χε.
σν

Φωτεινῷ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ κουμμερκιαρίῳ Χερσώνος

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1943
Diameter 18.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 82.4.
Alekseyenko, L'Administration Byzantine de Cherson, no. 113 (includes parallels).

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

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Φωτεινῷ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ κουμμερκιαρίῳ Χερσώνος.

Theotokos, help your servant Photeinos imperial protospatharios and kommerkiarios of Cherson.

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