Leo 278 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M IX/E X |
| Locations | Thrakesioi; Thrakesioi (officeplace) |
| Titles | Basilikos protospatharios (dignity); Strategos, Thrakesioi (office) |
| Seal Sources | Sokolova, I. V., "Znak sokrashcheniia na vizantiiskhikh pechatiakh VIII-pervoi poloviny X v", VV 47 (1986), pp. 157-162; Studies in Byzantine Sigillography, III (1992) (seals from auction catalogues, etc.) |
Leo 278 was a basilikos protospatharios and strategos of the Thrakesioi; owner of a seal dateable between the mid ninth century and the early tenth: SBS 3, p. 171 = Sokolova, "Znak sokrashcheniia", pp. 157ff., no. 2. Obv.: patriarchal cross on four steps with a circular inscription reading: Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. The text on the reverse reads: Λέοντι βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Θρακησίων.
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