Stephanos 52

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitVIII
Variant NamesRomanos;
\205anos
LocationsThrace (officeplace);
Thrace
TitlesVestitor (dignity);
Strategos, 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).

The name, ending in ...ανος, could be Stephanos or Romanos. Stephanos 52 was vestitor and strategos of Thrace; owner of a seal dateable to the eighth century: DOSeals I 71.34 = Zacos and Veglery 2671. Obv.: Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τῷ σῷ] δούλῳ. Rev.: [Στεφ]ανῳ or [Ῥωμ]άνῳ [βεσ]τήτορι [(καὶ)] στρατηγο τῆς Θρᾴκης.

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