Leo Iasites, magistros, vestes and strategos of the Boukellarioi (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Theodore holding a spear and a shield. Vertical inscription at right: ΡΟ|Σ : [Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδω]ρος. No border visible.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines, a decoration below. No border visible.
κεR,
εοντιμ
ιστπ,Rεστ
Sστρατηγ
τνRSλα
τιασιτ
Κ(ύρι)ε or [Θεοτό]κε β(οήθει) [Λ]έοντι μ[αγ]ίστρ(ῳ), βέστ(ῃ) (καὶ) στρατηγῷ τῶν Βου(κε)λα(ρίων) τῷ Ἰασίτ(ῃ)
Obverse
Bust of St. Theodore holding a spear and a shield. Vertical inscription at right: ΡΟ|Σ : [Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδω]ρος. No border visible.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines, a decoration below. No border visible.
κεR,
εοντιμ
ιστπ,Rεστ
Sστρατηγ
τνRSλα
τιασιτ
Κ(ύρι)ε or [Θεοτό]κε β(οήθει) [Λ]έοντι μ[αγ]ίστρ(ῳ), βέστ(ῃ) (καὶ) στρατηγῷ τῶν Βου(κε)λα(ρίων) τῷ Ἰασίτ(ῃ)
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.3062 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 28.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 1.32. |
Translation
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει Λέοντι μαγίστρῳ, βέστῃ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Βουκελαρίων τῷ Ἰασίτῃ.
Lord or Mother of God, help Leo Iasites, magistros, vestes and strategos of the Boukellarioi.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinischen Bleisiegel in Österreich, Vol. 1, Kaiserhof (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
- Galatien und Lykaonien (Open in Zotero)
- De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
- Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Seibt, Bleisiegel, no. 40, has reconstructed, on the basis of seals, the career of Leo Iasites, who was active in the third quarter of the eleventh century.