Leo imperial kandidatos and protonotarios of Thessalonica (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (of indeterminate type); in the quarters: .Σ|.Λ. No visible border.
Κύριε/Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (of indeterminate type); in the quarters: .Σ|.Λ. No visible border.
Κύριε/Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. No visible border.
ΛΕΟΝ
ΤΙΒ/ΚΑΝΔ
.Α/ΝΟΤΑΡ
.ΕΣΣ
Λέοντι βασιλικῷ κανδιδάτῳ (καὶ) πρωτονοταρίῳ Θεσσαλονίκης
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.4148 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 18.56. |
Translation
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λέοντι βασιλικῷ κανδιδάτῳ καὶ πρωτονοταρίῳ Θεσσαλονίκης.
Lord or Theotokos, help your servant Leo imperial kandidatos and protonotarios of Thessalonica.
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)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Silk Trade and Production in Byzantium from the Sixth to the Ninth Century: The Seals of Kommerkiarioi (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Bleisiegel in Berlin (West) (Open in Zotero)
- Le kommerkion d’Abydos, Thessalonique et le commerce bulgare du 9e siècle (Open in Zotero)
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- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Les plus anciens recueils des miracles de Saint Démétrius et la pénétration des Slaves dans les Balkans (Open in Zotero)
- L’éparque de Thessalonique: les origines d'une institution administrative (VIIIe-IXe siècles) (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The form of the letter Β on the reverse calls for dating this specimen to the first half of the century (and not the second half, as Zacos-Veglery proposed).