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Theodoretos, protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou and grand kourator ton Eleutheriou, circa 10th-11th centuries. Seal (Lead, 23 mm, 6.34 g, 11 h). +KЄ RO/HΘЄI TⲰ / CⲰ ΔOV/ΛⲰ ("Lord, help your servant")
in four lines, decorations flanking the last line; all within two concentric pearled borders decorated with a circle of larger pellets. Rev. ΘЄOΔⲰ/PIT A'CΠAΘ Є/Π, T૪ [XP] S MЄΓ, / KOIPATOP, / TON ЄΛЄV/ΘЄPI[૪] in six lines. DO Seals V 24.3. Some breakage along the channel, otherwise, very fine.
The "Eleutherion" was the name of a crown domain. A bureau of administrative officials (a "sekreton") took care of its daily affairs, with a (grand) kourator in charge.
in four lines, decorations flanking the last line; all within two concentric pearled borders decorated with a circle of larger pellets. Rev. ΘЄOΔⲰ/PIT A'CΠAΘ Є/Π, T૪ [XP] S MЄΓ, / KOIPATOP, / TON ЄΛЄV/ΘЄPI[૪] in six lines. DO Seals V 24.3. Some breakage along the channel, otherwise, very fine.
The "Eleutherion" was the name of a crown domain. A bureau of administrative officials (a "sekreton") took care of its daily affairs, with a (grand) kourator in charge.