Leo anthypatos, patrikios, imperial spatharios and strategos of S... (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Seemingly a cross mounted on a base of steps. Remains of an inscription within concentric borders of dots: ουλ.
[Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σ]ῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.
λε
νθυ̣
τρικ̣
θ
τσ
Λέ[οντ(ι)] ἀνθυ[π(άτῳ), π]ατρικ[(ίῳ), [β(ασιλικῳ) σπ]αθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) [στρα]τ(ηγῷ) Σ...
Obverse
Seemingly a cross mounted on a base of steps. Remains of an inscription within concentric borders of dots: ουλ.
[Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σ]ῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.
λε
νθυ̣
τρικ̣
θ
τσ
Λέ[οντ(ι)] ἀνθυ[π(άτῳ), π]ατρικ[(ίῳ), [β(ασιλικῳ) σπ]αθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) [στρα]τ(ηγῷ) Σ...
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.1504 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 22.0 mm |
| Condition | Broken; half preserved. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντι ἀνθυπάτῳ, πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῳ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Σ...
Commentary
The letter C is clearly distinguishable in the last line of the reverse. If our restored reading is correct, the owner of the seal could have been strategos of any one of the themes beginning with this letter: Samos, Sebasteia, Seleukia, Sicily, or Strymon.