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George xenodochos of Loupadion (ninth century)

 
 
title

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: ΤΣ|Δ. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

title

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.

ΓΕΡ
ΓΙΞΕΝΟ
ΔΟΧΤΛ
ΠΙ

Γεωργίῳ ξενοδόχ(ῳ) τοῦ Λουπαδίου

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: ΤΣ|Δ. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.

ΓΕΡ
ΓΙΞΕΝΟ
ΔΟΧΤΛ
ΠΙ

Γεωργίῳ ξενοδόχ(ῳ) τοῦ Λουπαδίου

Accession number BZS.1958.106.3629
Diameter 33.0 mm; field: 26.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 55.4.
Zacos-Veglery, no. 1938.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Γεωργίῳ ξενοδόχῳ τοῦ Λουπαδίου.

Mother of God, help your servant George, xenodochos of Loupadion.

Commentary

Loupadion (modern Ulubad) was found to the south of the Marmara sea, on the Rhyndakos river, commanding an important bridge of the road leading from Kyzikos to the east. It had a xenodocheion, the existence of which is known to us from several sources, including many seals (cf. Sig., 246, 381; Zacos, Seals II, nos. 111, 266). Our seals show that the city was administered by an archon and that a kommerikarios probably taxed merchandise in the ninth century.

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