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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

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.

....
...ΥΠΑΤ/
ΠΑΤΡΙS
.ΤΡΑΤΙΓ
ΣΕΛΕΥΚ


[.... ἀνθ]υπάτ(ῳ), πατρικί(ῳ), (καὶ) [σ]τρατιγῷ Σελευκ(είας)

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/
ΠΑΤΡΙS
.ΤΡΑΤΙΓ
ΣΕΛΕΥΚ


[.... ἀνθ]υπάτ(ῳ), πατρικί(ῳ), (καὶ) [σ]τρατιγῷ Σελευκ(είας)

Accession number BZS.1955.1.1716
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.

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.

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)