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Agallianos spatharios and eparchos of Thessalonica (ninth century)

 
 
title

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: .Σ|..Λ. Wreath border.

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

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Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.

ΑΓΑ
ΛΙΑΝ
ΠΑˊΕΠ.
ΡΧΘΕ..
ΑΛΟΝΙ/

Ἀγαλλιανῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐπάρχῳ Θεσσαλονίκης

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: .Σ|..Λ. Wreath border.

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.

ΑΓΑ
ΛΙΑΝ
ΠΑˊΕΠ.
ΡΧΘΕ..
ΑΛΟΝΙ/

Ἀγαλλιανῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐπάρχῳ Θεσσαλονίκης

Accession number BZS.1955.1.666
Diameter 30.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 18.18.
Zacos-Veglery, no. 1691. Cf. similar seal published by Laurent, Orghidan, no. 238. The latter is corroded but appears to be from the same boulloterion as the DO seal.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀγαλλιανῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐπάρχῳ Θεσσαλονίκης.

Lord, help your servant Agallianos spatharios and eparchos of Thessalonica.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
  • Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Silk Trade and Production in Byzantium from the Sixth to the Ninth Century: The Seals of Kommerkiarioi (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Bleisiegel in Berlin (West) (Open in Zotero)
  • Le kommerkion d’Abydos, Thessalonique et le commerce bulgare du 9e siècle (Open in Zotero)
  • Recherches sur les douanes à Byzance: L’octava, le "kommerkion" et les commerciares (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
  • Les plus anciens recueils des miracles de Saint Démétrius et la pénétration des Slaves dans les Balkans (Open in Zotero)
  • L’éparque de Thessalonique: les origines d'une institution administrative (VIIIe-IXe siècles) (Open in Zotero)