Lykastos hypatos, imperial spatharios and strategos of Cephalonia (eighth century)
Obverse
Inscription of five lines. Cross between tendrils above. Wreath border.
ΠΝ
ΓΙΤΡΙ
ΟΘΣ̅ΗΜΝ
.ΟΗΘΗΤ
ΣΔΟΥΛΟ
Παναγία Τριάς, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλο
Obverse
Inscription of five lines. Cross between tendrils above. Wreath border.
ΠΝ
ΓΙΤΡΙ
ΟΘΣ̅ΗΜΝ
.ΟΗΘΗΤ
ΣΔΟΥΛΟ
Παναγία Τριάς, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλο
Reverse
Inscription of seven lines. Wreath border.
+ΛΥΚ
ΣΤΥΠ.
ΤΣΙΛ
ΗΚΣΠΘΡ
ΙΚΕΣΤΡΤ
ΗΓΚΕΦ
..ΝΙΣ
Λυκάστῳ ὑπάτῳ, βασιληκῷ σπαθαρίῳ κὲ στρατηγῷ Κεφαλωνίας
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.2050 |
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Diameter | 30.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 1.15g. |
Translation
Παναγία Τριάς, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλο Λυκάστῳ ὑπάτῳ, βασιληκῷ σπαθαρίῳ κὲ στρατηγῷ Κεφαλωνίας.
All holy Trinity, our God, help your servant Lykastos, hypatos, imperial spatharios and strategos of Cephalonia.
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Commentary
The reading of this seal has been restored with reference to its better preserved counterpart from the same boulloterion; see the entry for BZS 1955.1.2049 and the extensive commentary on the owner and his titles.