PB Byzantine seal of Andronikos protoproedros and strategos of the Thrakesioi, son of the caesar [John] Doukas (AD 11th century)
Obv: Inscription of five lines preceded by decoration: Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ει) τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ) Ἀνδρονίκ(ῳ) πρωτοπροέδρῳ (καὶ). Border of dots.
Rev: Inscription of six lines preceded by decoration: [στρ]α[τιγ]ῷ τῶν Θρᾳκησίων τῷ υἱῳ τοῦ (καὶ)σαρος [τοῦ Δού]κα. Border of dots.
Translation: Lord, help your servant Andronikos, protoproedros and strategos of Thrakesioi, son of the caesar Doukas.
Parallel specimen, DO Seals 3, no. 2.39.
Caesar is an axia dia brabeiou and cannot indicate the emperor. And so the Doukas mentioned at the end of the inscription must be the caesar John Doukas, the power behind the throne during the reigns of Constantine X and of Michael VII, who after his failed coup in 1074 became a monk under the name of Ignatios.
Weight: 14.12 g.
Diameter: 23.02 mm.