Leo 79 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E/M IX |
| Dates | 839 (taq) / 838 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 4428 |
| Locations | Adrianoupolis (Macedonia) (officeplace); Adrianoupolis (Macedonia) |
| Titles | Dioiketes (office); Kommerkiarios, Adrianoupolis (Macedonia) (office) |
| Seal Sources | Dumbarton 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-); Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972). |
Leo 79 was dioiketes and kommerkiarios of Adrianoupolis; owner of a seal dated perhaps in 838/839, see below: DOSeals I 44.6 = Zacos and Veglery 2103b. Obv.: Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τῷ] σῷ δούλῳ. Rev.: Λέοντι διοικ(ητῇ) (καὶ) κομερκ(ιαρίῳ) Ἀ[δ]ρια(νου)πό(λεως). Ἰνδ(ικτίων) β'. A similar seal, from a different boulloterion, is Zacos and Veglery 2103a. On palaeographic grounds the seal belongs to the first half of the ninth century; for stylistic reasons it is to be dated to the latest of the second indictions in that period, 838/839; see Nesbitt and Oikonomides, DOSeals I, p. 126, note.
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