John patrikios and strategos of the Anatolikoi (eighth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: ΤΔ|ΛΣ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ δούλῳ σου
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: ΤΔ|ΛΣ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ δούλῳ σου
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Wreath border.
Ι.
ΝΗΠ.
ΡΙΚΙ.
.ΡΤΙΓ.
.ΝΝ
ΤΟΛ
Ἰωάνῃ πατρικίῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.974 |
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Diameter | 28.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 86.53. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ δούλῳ σου Ἰωάνῃ πατρικίῳ καὶ στρατιγῷ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν.
Mother of God, help your servant John, patrikios and strategos of the Anatolikoi.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- Sceaux byzantins du Musée National de Varsovie (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The seal of another eighth-century strategos, John of the Anatolikoi, is cited in SBS 3 (1993) 202.