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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

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.

.Ε.
ΦΑΝΗΒ/
.ΑΘˊΣΤΡ
ΑΤΗΓ/ΤΗΣ
ΘΡΑΚΗ

Θεοφάνῃ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγ τῆς Θρᾴκης

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 στρατηγ τῆς Θρᾴκης

Accession number BZS.1958.106.3709
Diameter 30.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 71.37.
Zacos-Veglery, no. 2513. Cf. W. Seibt, ByzSl 36 (1975) 212.

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

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