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Alexios sebastos, (son) of the protostrator (twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St Demetrios, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand. Sigla: |ΔΗ|ΜΗΤ|ΡΙ|ΟΣ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Δημήτριος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.


ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣ
ΑΛΕΙΟΥ
ΣΕΑΟΥ
ΤΟΥΠΡΤΟ
ΡΑΤΟΡ̣Ο̣,

σφραγὶς Ἀλεξίου σεβαστοῦ τοῦ πρωτοστράτορο(ς)

Obverse

Bust of St Demetrios, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand. Sigla: |ΔΗ|ΜΗΤ|ΡΙ|ΟΣ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Δημήτριος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.


ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣ
ΑΛΕΙΟΥ
ΣΕΑΟΥ
ΤΟΥΠΡΤΟ
ΡΑΤΟΡ̣Ο̣,

σφραγὶς Ἀλεξίου σεβαστοῦ τοῦ πρωτοστράτορο(ς)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.486
Diameter 40.0 mm; field: 29.0 mm
Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

σφραγὶς Ἀλεξίου σεβαστοῦ τοῦ πρωτοστράτορος.

Seal of Alexios, sebastos, (son) of the protostrator.