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Leo hypatos, protonotarios, and kommerkiarios of the West (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram, type V. In the angles: τσ|δΛ. Border of dots.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Border of dots.

λεοντι
υπτνο
τSκομερκ
τησδυσε

Λέοντι ὑπάτ(ῳ) (πρωτο)νοτ(άρίῳ) (καὶ) κομερκ(ιαρίῳ) τῆς Δύσε(ως)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram, type V. In the angles: τσ|δΛ. Border of dots.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Border of dots.

λεοντι
υπτνο
τSκομερκ
τησδυσε

Λέοντι ὑπάτ(ῳ) (πρωτο)νοτ(άρίῳ) (καὶ) κομερκ(ιαρίῳ) τῆς Δύσε(ως)

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1813
Diameter 28.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, 1.27b.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντι ὑπάτῳ, πρωτονοτάρίῳ καὶ κομμερκιαρίῳ τῆς Δύσεως.

Theotokos, help your servant Leo hypatos protonotarios and kommerikiarios of the West.

Commentary

This seal comes from the same boulloterion as BZS.1958.106.1614, and the readings of the two are combined here. See also the commentary to that entry.

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)