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                         <cb n="a"/>+ <orig>ρ<gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/>μου α<gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/>φυ</orig>
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                          <lb n="2"/>+ Ἀντ<supplied reason="lost">ρ</supplied>
                          <lb n="3" break="no"/>ονίκο <expan><abbr>β</abbr><ex>ασιλικῷ</ex></expan> <expan><abbr><am><g ref="#alpha"/></am></abbr><ex>πρωτο</ex> <!-- ι cannot be added to o -->
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                          <lb n="5" break="no"/>ατιγο τοῦ <!-- ι῀ cannot be added to o -->
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                          <lb n="1"/>Κ–Ρ–.–Ο–Σ–.
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                          <cb n="a"/>Ρ|.–Α.. 
                           <cb n="b"/>.ΦΥ–Λ.|.ΡΟ–Α.Τ|ΝΙΚ
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                          <lb n="2"/>ΑΝΤ.
                          <lb n="3"/>ΟΝΙΟˊΑ
                          <lb n="4"/>ΣΠΑΘϗΣΤ.
                          <lb n="5"/>ΑΤΙΓΟΤ
                          <lb n="6"/>ΟΨΙΚΙ
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                  <p xml:lang="en">Lord helper protect Andronikos, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Opsikion.</p>
                  <p xml:lang="fr">Seigneur aidant protège Andronic, protospathaire impérial et stratège de l’Opsikion.</p>
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                  <p xml:lang="fr">La forme Antronic est-elle significative d’une origine étrangère, arménienne par exemple ?
                      Les photos publiées des sceaux de l’unique Antronicos noté dans la <hi rend="italic">PmbZ</hi> (no 20411) ne permettent pas
                      de contrôler sûrement la datation du sceau. Si cet Antronikos était actif dans le dernier quart du Xe siècle,
                      il pourrait être rapproché de notre sigillant. Le thème de l’Opsikion s’est normalisé par rapport aux autres
                      thèmes, il est placé le plus souvent sous les ordres d’un stratège.
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