N. anthypatos, patrikios, and strategos of Seleukeia (tenth/eleventh centuries)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross (X on crossings) on three steps, with fleurons rising to the second arm. Within a border of dots the remains of a circular inscription ending with a decoration.
...Σ.ΔΟΥΛ
[Κύριε βοήθει τῷ] σ[ῷ] δούλῳ
Obverse
Patriarchal cross (X on crossings) on three steps, with fleurons rising to the second arm. Within a border of dots the remains of a circular inscription ending with a decoration.
...Σ.ΔΟΥΛ
[Κύριε βοήθει τῷ] σ[ῷ] δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.
....
...ΥΠΑΤ/
ΠΑΤΡΙS
.ΤΡΑΤΙΓ
ΣΕΛΕΥΚ
[.... ἀνθ]υπάτ(ῳ), πατρικί(ῳ), (καὶ) [σ]τρατιγῷ Σελευκ(είας)
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.1716 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 5 no. 6.23 |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ .... ἀνθυπάτῳ, πατρικίῳ, καὶ στρατιγῷ Σελευκείας.
Lord, help your servant N., anthypatos, patrikios, and strategos of Seleukeia.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 5: The East (continued), Constantinople and Environs, Unknown Locations, Addenda, Uncertain Readings (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
After the eighth century, when the Arabs took control of Cilicia, the region of Seleukeia was organized as an administrative and military kleisoura, in order to defend the Byzantine borderlands. It was elevated to theme status by Romanos I Lekapenos between 927 and 934.