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Strategios imperial spatharios (ninth/tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

A patriarchal cross mounted on a base of three steps. Within concentric circles of dots, a circular inscription (half preserved):

.....τ̣̣σδουλ

[Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ει)] τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

στρ
τ̣ηγισ̣
.ληκσ̣π̣
θρι̣̣

Στρατηγίῳ βασιληκῷ σπ[α]θαρίῳ

Obverse

A patriarchal cross mounted on a base of three steps. Within concentric circles of dots, a circular inscription (half preserved):

.....τ̣̣σδουλ

[Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ει)] τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross. Border of dots.

στρ
τ̣ηγισ̣
.ληκσ̣π̣
θρι̣̣

Στρατηγίῳ βασιληκῷ σπ[α]θαρίῳ

Accession number BZS.1958.106.3632
Diameter 22.0 mm

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Στρατηγίῳ βασιληκῷ σπαθαρίῳ.

Lord, help your servant Strategios, imperial spatharios.