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Byzantine lead seal of Theodore patrikios, imperial spatharios and genikos logothetes(9th cent.)
Obv.: Invocative cruciform monogram inscribed in the corners, ΘΕΟΤΟΚΕ ΒΟΗΘΕΙ ΤΩ CΩ ΔΟΥΛΩ (Mother of God help your servant), wreath border.
Rev.: Inscription in 4 lines, [+ΘΕΟΔ]/ΟΡΩΠΑΤ(ΡΙΚΙΩ)/Β(ΑCΙΛΙΚΩ)CΠ(ΑΘΑΡΙΩ)SΓΕΝ(ΙΚΩ)/ΛΟΓΟΘ(ΕΤΗ) = Θεοδώρῳ πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ γενικῷ λογοθέτῃ (Theodore patrikios, imperial spatharios and genikos logothetes), no visible border.
Theodore, the owner of the present seal, was a high-ranking bureaucrat, as in charge of the Genikon Logothesion, the fiscal department of the empire.
Condition: Very Fine
Weight: 14.50 gr
Diameter: 26 mm
Obv.: Invocative cruciform monogram inscribed in the corners, ΘΕΟΤΟΚΕ ΒΟΗΘΕΙ ΤΩ CΩ ΔΟΥΛΩ (Mother of God help your servant), wreath border.
Rev.: Inscription in 4 lines, [+ΘΕΟΔ]/ΟΡΩΠΑΤ(ΡΙΚΙΩ)/Β(ΑCΙΛΙΚΩ)CΠ(ΑΘΑΡΙΩ)SΓΕΝ(ΙΚΩ)/ΛΟΓΟΘ(ΕΤΗ) = Θεοδώρῳ πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ γενικῷ λογοθέτῃ (Theodore patrikios, imperial spatharios and genikos logothetes), no visible border.
Theodore, the owner of the present seal, was a high-ranking bureaucrat, as in charge of the Genikon Logothesion, the fiscal department of the empire.
Condition: Very Fine
Weight: 14.50 gr
Diameter: 26 mm