Leo dioiketes and kommerkiarios of the Peloponnesos (?) (ninth century)
Obverse
Remnants of a cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). In the quarters: Σ|Λ. No border visible.
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, bottom line missing. Small wreath border.
ΛΕΟΝ
ΤΙΙΟΙΚ/Κ
ΜΕΡΚ/Π.
..Π
Λέοντι διοικητῇ καὶ κομερκιαρίῳ Πελοποννήσου (?)
Obverse
Remnants of a cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). In the quarters: Σ|Λ. No border visible.
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, bottom line missing. Small wreath border.
ΛΕΟΝ
ΤΙΙΟΙΚ/Κ
ΜΕΡΚ/Π.
..Π
Λέοντι διοικητῇ καὶ κομερκιαρίῳ Πελοποννήσου (?)
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.996 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 25.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 22.12. |
Translation
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντι διοικητῇ καὶ κομερκιαρίῳ Πελοποννήσου (?)
Lord or Mother of God, help your servant Leo, dioiketes and kommerkiarios of the Peloponnesos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- La Morée franque: Recherches historiques, topographiques et archéologiques sur la principauté d’Achaïe (1205-1430) (Open in Zotero)
- Die Skleroi: Eine prosopographisch-sigillographische Studie (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanis Chronographia (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Realities of Byzantine Provincial Government: Hellas and Peloponnesos, 1180-1205 (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The restitution of the last lines is uncertain, but the traces of the bar of a pi are barely visible below the abbreviation mark and the pi of the third line; the spacing of the letters would conform to the reading given above. The 9th century seal of a Leo, imperial kommerkiarios of the Peloponnesos, is published by Laurent, Orghidan, no. 229.