Leo 225 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | IX |
PmbZ No. | 4474 |
Locations | Chaldia (officeplace); Chaldia |
Titles | Basilikos protospatharios (dignity); Strategos, Chaldia (office) |
Seal Sources | Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972). |
Leo 225 was basilikos protospatharios and strategos of Chaldia; owner of a seal dateable to the ninth century: Zacos and Veglery 2137A. The name and titles read: Λέοντι βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Χαλδίας. The same person possibly owned a similar seal at an earlier stage of his career, when he was basilikos spatharios and kommerkiarios of Chaldia: Schlumberger, Sig., p. 290, no. 5. Obv.: cross, with the legend Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλωιͅ. Rev.: Λεοντ' β' σπαθ' και κουμερκ' Χαλδ'. The name and titles read: Λέοντι βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ κουμερκιαρίῳ Χαλδίας. Cf. also Leo 143 and Leo 249.
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