The imperial kommerkia of the strategia of Anatolikon (?), dated indiction 10, 756/757. Seal (Lead, 33 mm, 26.36 g, 12 h). Busts of Constatine V, on the left, and Leo IV, on the right, facing, each wearing crown with cross and chlamys; above, cross. Rev. Indiction sign in upper left field and indiction year Ι in upper right field; below horizontal line, TⲰN BA' KOMM/ЄPKI, T, / CTPA[T]/HΓ, TⲰN.../... in four lines; above, bust of Leo III, wearing loros and holding a large cross. Unpublished in the standard references. Flatness in the lower parts of the reverse, otherwise, very fine.


The splendid portraits on the obverse of this seal of the imperial kommerkia bear a striking resemblance to the early solidi of Constantine IV, with a smaller bust of Leo IV. These are dated in DOC to 751-circa 757 (cf. DOC 2b). Our seal, which is dated to the 10th indiction, must therefore most likely date to the year 757/758. Seibt/Zarnitz published a seal with similar portraits, but with Leo IV having the same hairstyle as his father. This seal, mentioning the 12th indiction, is dated to 758/759 by the editors. It belongs to the imperial kommerkia of Anatolikon, and our seal may well belong to that same theme.