Theophanes imperial spatharios and strategos of Thrace (eighth/ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: .Σ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: .Σ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.
.Ε.
ΦΑΝΗΒ/
.ΑΘˊΣΤΡ
ΑΤΗΓ/ΤΗΣ
ΘΡΑΚΗ
Θεοφάνῃ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῆς Θρᾴκης
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.3709 |
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Diameter | 30.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 71.37. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοφάνῃ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῆς Θρᾴκης.
Lord, help your servant Theophanes imperial spatharios and strategos of Thrace.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
- “Thrakien” und “Thrakesion” (Open in Zotero)
- Die zweihundertjährige Reform (Zu den Anfängen der Themenorganisation im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert) (Open in Zotero)
- Ανίχνευση τοπογραφική της ανατολικής Θράκης (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- La Thrace Orientale et La Mer Noire: Géographie Ecclésiastique et Prosopographie (VIIIe-XIIe Siècles) (Open in Zotero)
- Constantini Porphyrogeniti De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae (Open in Zotero)