Leo 67

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitVIII
PmbZ No.4302, 4398
Variant NamesLeontios
LocationsSicily (officeplace);
Sicily
TitlesPatrikios (dignity);
Strategos, Sicily (office)
Seal SourcesDumbarton Oaks, A Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, eds., J. Nesbitt and N. Oikonomides (Washington, DC, 1991-);
Konstantipoulos, K.M., Byzantiaka Molybdoboulla tou en Athenais Ethnikou Nomismatikou Mouseiou (Athens, 1917); repr. from JIAN 5-10 (1902-07);
Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972).

Leo 67 was patrikios and strategos of Sicilia; owner of a seal dateable to the eighth century: DOSeals I 5.18 = Zacos and Veglery 2131. Obv.: Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Rev.: [Λ]έοντ[ι π]ατρικί[(καὶ)] στρατ[ηγ]ῷ Σικ[ελ(ίασ)]. The name could also be read as Leontios (Λεοντίῳ) (Nesbitt and Oikonomides, DO Seals, loc. cit., note). Nesbitt and Oikonomides, DO Seals, loc. cit., note record that another specimen, possibly from the same boulloterion, is published in Konstantopoulos, JIAN 9, 114a (dated by Konstantopoulos to the eighth or ninth century); the name and titles read: [Λ]έοντι [π]ατρικίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Σικελίας.

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