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Basil imperial protospatharios epi ton oikeiakon and epoptes of the Peloponnesos (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cross with flaring arms, each end decorated with three pellets, on three steps. Circular inscription within a border of dots.

ΚΕΟΗΘΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

.ΣΙΛ
ΣΠΘΡ,
ΕΠΙΤ,ΟΙΚΗ
ΕΠΟΠΤΙ
ΠΕΛΟΠ /

Β[α]σιλ(είῳ) β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(α)ρ(ίῳ) ἐπὶ τ(ῶν) οἰκη(ακῶν) (καὶ) ἐπόπτι Πελοπ(οννήσου)

Obverse

Cross with flaring arms, each end decorated with three pellets, on three steps. Circular inscription within a border of dots.

ΚΕΟΗΘΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

.ΣΙΛ
ΣΠΘΡ,
ΕΠΙΤ,ΟΙΚΗ
ΕΠΟΠΤΙ
ΠΕΛΟΠ /

Β[α]σιλ(είῳ) β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(α)ρ(ίῳ) ἐπὶ τ(ῶν) οἰκη(ακῶν) (καὶ) ἐπόπτι Πελοπ(οννήσου)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.912
Diameter 23.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 22.7. See also Laurent, "Sceaux byzantins inédits," BZ 33 (1933) 341, no. 4; cf. Bon, Péloponnèse, 186.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Βασιλείῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ ἐπὶ τῶν οἰκηακῶν καὶ ἐπόπτι Πελοποννήσου.

Lord, help your servant Basil, imperial protospatharios epi tou oikeiakon and epoptes of the Peloponnesos.

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