George imperial kandidatos and dioiketes of Raidestos (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Border of dots.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Border of dots.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines followed by row of pellets. Border of dots.
ΓΕΡ
.ΙΟΒ/ΚΝΔ/
.ΔΙΟΚΗΤ/Ρ
ΕΔΕΣΤ
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Γεωργίο βασιλικῷ κανδιδάτῳ (καὶ) διοικητῇ Ῥεδστοῦ
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.873 |
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Diameter | 31.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 59.3. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Γεωργίο βασιλικῷ κανδιδάτῳ καὶ διοικητῇ Ῥεδστοῦ.
Theotokos, help your servant George imperial kandidatos and dioikets of Raidestos.
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)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- History of the Byzantine State (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- La Thrace Orientale et La Mer Noire: Géographie Ecclésiastique et Prosopographie (VIIIe-XIIe Siècles) (Open in Zotero)