Byzantine lead seal of Theodotos hypatos, imperial spatharokandidatos and droungarios
(8th cent.)
Obverse: Invocative cruciform monogram, inscribed in the corners, resolved as, ΘΕΟΤΟΚΕ ΒΟΗΘΕΙ ΘΕΟΔΟΤΩ ΥΠΑΤΩ (Mother of God, help Theodotos hypatos), wreath border.
Reverse: Inscription in 5 lines, +/ΒΑCΙΛΙ/ΚΩCΠΑΘΑ/ΡΟΚΑΝΔΙΔ/ΑΤΩSΔΡΟΥΓ/ΑΡΙΩ = βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ δρουγγαρίῳ (imperial spatharokandidatos and droungarios), wreath border.
hdan, Alexander, ed. (1991), Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford University Press, pp. 1528–1529.
Condition: Very Fine
Weight: 24.50 gr
Diameter: 28 mm