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Blasios exaktor (eleventh century, second half)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Basil offering a blessing with his right hand. Details indistinct. Traces of epigraphy: ||α|σι : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Βασί[λειος]. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines (perhaps with a cross above). Border of dots.


λσι
ονεΚ̣
τ,ρμΡ̣
τυσσκε
ποισ

Βλάσιον έξάκτ(ο)ρα, ὦ μάρτυς, σκέποις

Obverse

Bust of St. Basil offering a blessing with his right hand. Details indistinct. Traces of epigraphy: ||α|σι : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Βασί[λειος]. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines (perhaps with a cross above). Border of dots.


λσι
ονεΚ̣
τ,ρμΡ̣
τυσσκε
ποισ

Βλάσιον έξάκτ(ο)ρα, ὦ μάρτυς, σκέποις

Accession number BZS.1955.1.3592
Diameter 27.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 205.

Translation

Βλάσιον έξάκτορα, ὦ μάρτυς, σκέποις.

Martyr, may you protect the exaktor Blasios.

Commentary

Bibliography

  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)