Theophanes imperial kommerkiarios and abydikos 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.
ΘΕΟ
ΦΒ/ΚΟ
ΜΕΡΚ/ΒΥ
ΔΙΚ/ΘΕΣ
ΛΟΝΙΚ
Θεοφάνῃ β(ασιλικῷ) κομερκ(ιαρίῳ) (καὶ) ἀβυδικ(ῷ) Θεσαλονίκ(ης)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.261 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 18.9a. Cf. Zacos-Veglery, no. 2503b. They also published a third specimen (no. 2503a), while a similar seal is published by Mordtmann, Ἑλλ. Φιλολ. Συλλ. 17 (1886), Suppl., 146, no. 10. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοφάνῃ βασιλικῷ κομερκιαρίῳ καὶ ἀβυδικῷ Θεσαλονίκης.
Mother of God, help your servant Theophanes imperial kommerkiarios and abydikos of Thessalonica.
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