Leo imperial (?) spatharios and protonotarios of Chaldia (ninth/tenth century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on three steps. Circular inscription within concentric circles of dots:
κεRοηθειτσδουλ,
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on three steps. Circular inscription within concentric circles of dots:
κεRοηθειτσδουλ,
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
+λεοντ,
.σπαθαρ,
Sα,τονοτ,
χαλδια,
Λέοντ(ι) [β(ασιλικῷ)?] σπαθαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) (πρω)τονοτ(αρίῳ) Χαλδία(ς)
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.3574 |
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Diameter | 19.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 32.34b. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντι βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ πρωτονοταρίῳ Χαλδίας.
Lord, help your servant Leo, imperial spatharios and protonotarios of Chaldia.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Βυζαντιακὰ μολυβδόβουλλα. Ἡ συλλογὴ Ἀναστασίου Κ. Π. Σταμούλη (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos (Open in Zotero)
- De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This seal and BZS.1958.106.3499 seem to come from the same boulloterion. See the commentary to the latter specimen.