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Theoktistos hypatos and sakellarios (eighth/ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει (type II). In the quarters: .σ|δ̣Λ : τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Indeterminate border.

Θ̣Ε̣..
Τ̣ΙΣΤΥ̣
ΠΑΤΚ,ΣΑ̣
ΚΕΛΛ

Θε[οκ]τίστῳ ὑπάτ(ῳ) κ(αὶ) σακελλ(αρίῳ)

Obverse

Cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει (type II). In the quarters: .σ|δ̣Λ : τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Indeterminate border.

Θ̣Ε̣..
Τ̣ΙΣΤΥ̣
ΠΑΤΚ,ΣΑ̣
ΚΕΛΛ

Θε[οκ]τίστῳ ὑπάτ(ῳ) κ(αὶ) σακελλ(αρίῳ)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.3180
Diameter 25.0 mm
Condition Broken on the edge.
Previous Editions

Cf. Laurent, Corpus II, no. 750, who reads "protospatharios" and dates the seal to the ninth century.

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

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοκτίστῳ ὑπάτῳ καὶ σακελλαρίῳ.

Mother of God, help your servant Theoktistos, hypatos and sakellarios.