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                          <lb n="1"/><expan><ex>Θεοτόκε βοήθει</ex></expan> τῷ σῷ δούλῳ                     
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                          <lb n="2"/><supplied reason="lost">Λέ</supplied>ων <supplied reason="lost"><expan><abbr>β</abbr><ex>ασιλικὸς</ex></expan></supplied> 
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                          <lb n="4" break="no"/>ναγρ</abbr><ex>αφεὺς</ex></expan> τοῦ Ὀ
                          <lb n="5" break="no"/>ψηκίου 
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                          <lb n="1"/>Κ–.–Η–Β–Θ–.–Σ–ΔΛ <!-- Δ, ω not found in Athena ruby palette -->
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                          <lb n="2"/>..Ν.
                          <lb n="3"/>ΒΑΝΙΤΟΡϗΑ
                          <lb n="4"/>ΝΑΓΡ/ΤΟΥΟ
                          <lb n="5"/>ΨΗΚΙΟΥ
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                  <p>Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ / Λέων βασιλικὸς βαλνίτορ καὶ ἀναγραφεὺς τοῦ Ὀψικίου.</p>
                  <p xml:lang="en">Mother of God help your servant Leon, imperial balnitor and anagrapheus.</p>
                  <p xml:lang="fr">Mère de Dieu aide ton serviteur Léon, balnitôr impérial et anagrapheus de l’Opsikion.</p>
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                  <p xml:lang="fr">Le revers pourrait être retranscrit au datif, malgré le V du nom qui suggère un nominatif,
                      mais le graveur peu adroit a omis le Ω de βαλνίτωρ au nominatif. Il faut noter l’usage tardif du B fermé. Un
                      homonyme plus jeune occupa la même charge au Xe siècle [1]. Léon fut sans doute l’un des premiers à l’exercer.
                      L’Opsikion constitua un des quatre thèmes primitifs de l’Asie Mineure institués après la victoire des
                      Arabes en Orient. Il abritait les troupes d’élite et la garde impériale et était chargé de protéger la capitale face
                      aux Arabes. Commandé à l’origine par un comte, il finit par se couler dans le moule des autres thèmes et passer
                      sous l’autorité d’un stratège. Dans la seconde moitié du ΧΙe siècle, au stratège fut substitué un duc [2].
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                      [1]. <hi rend="italic">DOSeals</hi> 3.39.6 ; <hi rend="italic">PmbZ</hi>, no 24467.
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                      [2]. <hi rend="italic">Η μικρά Ασία τών θεμάτων. Ερεύνες πάνω στήν γεωγραφικήν φυσιογνωμία καί προσοπογραφία τών βυζαντινών θεμάτων τής Μικράς
                      Ασίας (7ος-11ος αι.)</hi>, éd. V. Vlysidou, El. Kountoura-Galakè, St. Lampakès, T. Lounghis et A. Savvidès, Athènes 1998, p. 163-200.
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