Leo 140 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | IX/X |
Locations | Cherson (Tauric Chersonese) (officeplace); Cherson (Tauric Chersonese) |
Titles | Basilikos protospatharios (dignity); Strategos, Cherson (Tauric Chersonese) (office) |
Seal Sources | Konstantipoulos, K.M., Byzantiaka Molybdoboulla tou en Athenais Ethnikou Nomismatikou Mouseiou (Athens, 1917); repr. from JIAN 5-10 (1902-07); Schlumberger, G., Mélanges d'archéologie byzantine (Paris, 1895), pp. 199-274 = repr. of G. Schlumberger, "Sceaux byzantins inédits", REG 2, 4 and 7 (1889, 1891, 1894) |
Leo 140 was basilikos protospatharios and strategos of Cherson; owner of a seal dateable to the ninth or tenth century (possibly to the tenth, according to Sokolova): Konstantopoulos, JIAN 5, 121 = Schlumberger, Mélanges, 227 = "Sceaux" I, 121. The name and titles read: Λέοντη βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαριῳ καὶ στρατηγῳ Χερσόνος. Cf. Winkelmann, Rangstruktur, p. 113 on the date.
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