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Constantine Xantas, patrikios and strategos (eleventh century)

 
 
title

Obverse

Inscription of four lines, preceded and followed by decoration. Border of dots.

  
ΚΕΟ
ΗΘΕΙΤ
ΣΛ
Κ̅Ν
   

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κων(σταντίνῳ)

title

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, followed by decoration. Border of dots.

 Π̅Ρ̅Ι̅⸣ 
ΣΤΡ
ΤΙΓΤ
ΝΤ
  

π(ατ)ρι(κίῳ) (καὶ) στρατιγῷ τῷ Ξάντᾳ

Obverse

Inscription of four lines, preceded and followed by decoration. Border of dots.

  
ΚΕΟ
ΗΘΕΙΤ
ΣΛ
Κ̅Ν
   

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κων(σταντίνῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, followed by decoration. Border of dots.

 Π̅Ρ̅Ι̅⸣ 
ΣΤΡ
ΤΙΓΤ
ΝΤ
  

π(ατ)ρι(κίῳ) (καὶ) στρατιγῷ τῷ Ξάντᾳ

Accession number BZS.1955.1.3400
Diameter 20.0 mm

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ πατρικίῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ τῷ Ξάντᾳ.

Lord, help your servant Constantine Xantas, patrikios and strategos

Commentary

Parallel specimens are published in Schlumberger, Sigillographie, 715, no. 1; Birch, Catalogue, no. 17748; and Jordanov, Corpus 2: no. 525.