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Leo imperial protospatharios and strategos of Aigaion Pelagos (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

A rosace made out of a cross with equal arms ending in fleurons filling the quarters. Along the border of dots, inscription starting at the bottom.

ΙΡΙΕΟΗΘΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ

Κίριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines preceded and followed by a row of pellets. Border of dots.


ΛΕΟΝ
ΤΙˋΑˋΣΠΑ
ΣΤΡΑΤΗ
Γ,ΤΟΥΑΙΓ
ΑΙ,ΠΕΛΑΓ,

Λέοντι βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγ τοῦ Αἰγαίου Πελάγους

Obverse

A rosace made out of a cross with equal arms ending in fleurons filling the quarters. Along the border of dots, inscription starting at the bottom.

ΙΡΙΕΟΗΘΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ

Κίριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines preceded and followed by a row of pellets. Border of dots.


ΛΕΟΝ
ΤΙˋΑˋΣΠΑ
ΣΤΡΑΤΗ
Γ,ΤΟΥΑΙΓ
ΑΙ,ΠΕΛΑΓ,

Λέοντι βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγ τοῦ Αἰγαίου Πελάγους

Accession number BZS.1958.106.3284
Diameter 23.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 40.30.

Translation

Κίριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντι βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τοῦ Αἰγαίου Πελάγους.

Lord, help your servant Leo imperial protospatharios and strategos of Aigaion Pelagos.

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)
  • Methodii Patriarchae Constantinopolitani Vita S. Theophanis Confessoris: e codice mosquensi no. 159 (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (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)