Leo 189 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | VII/VIII |
| PmbZ No. | 4292 |
| Titles | Basilikos spatharios (dignity); Hypatos (dignity) |
| Seal Sources | Gray Birch, W. de, Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London, 1898); Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972). |
Leo 189 was a hypatos and basilikos spatharios; owner of two similar seals dateable to the seventh or eighth century, possibly the eighth: Zacos and Veglery 3137, Gray Birch, BMSeals 17673. Both seals read: Λέοντι ὑπάτῳ καὶ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ. Zacos and Veglery date their seal to the eighth century; Seibt (in Winkelmann, Rangstruktur, p. 33) dates the Gray Birch seal to the seventh or eighth century.
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