Leo 80

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitVIII/IX
PmbZ No.4393
ReligionChristian
LocationsThrace (officeplace);
Thrace
TitlesHypatos (dignity);
Dioiketes, Thrace (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-);
Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972).

Leo 80 was hypatos and dioiketes of Thrace; owner of a seal dateable to the eighth or ninth century: DOSeals I 71.5 = Zacos and Veglery 2114. Obv.: Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Rev.: Λέων ὕπατ(ος) (καὶ) διοικ(ητὴς) ΘραΙκ(ης). The dioiketes of Thrace was a collector of taxes; see DOSeals I, p. 156, note (referring to the Life of St Maria the Younger, AASS Nov. IV (1925), 693).

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