Artavasdos strategos of the Anatolikoi (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (maybe type V). In the lower quarters: .Λ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (maybe type V). In the lower quarters: .Λ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.
+ΡΤ
ΥΑΣΔΟΣ
Ρ /ΤΟΝ
ΤΟΛΙΚ
Ἀρταυάσδο στρατηγῷ τον Ἀνατολικῶν
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.3020 |
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Diameter | 23.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 86.49. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀρταυάσδο στρατηγῷ τον Ἀνατολικῶν.
Mother of God, help your servant Artavasdos, 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)
- 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
Same owner as BZS.1951.31.5.2408.