Epiphanios 18 was patrikios, basilikos protospatharios and strategos of Sicily; owner of a seal dateable to the ninth century: Schlumberger, Sig., p. 215, n. 2 from p. 214, no. 6 (with facsimile of reverse) (from Salinas, "Sigilli diplomatici"). Obv.: invocative monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει with the legend τω - σω - δου - λω. Rev.: Ἐπιφαν(ίῳ) - πατρικ(ίῳ) β(ασιλικῷ) - (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στ - [ρ]ατ(ηγῷ) Σικ(ελίας). According to Schlumberger, the same man perhaps owned a second seal, Schlumberger, p. 216, no. 10 = p. 734 (facsimile). Obv.: invocative monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει with the legend τω - σω - δου - λω. Rev.: [Ἐπιφα] - νιω πατρ(ι)κ(ίῳ) - β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπα(θαρίῳ) (καὶ) στ - ρατ(ηγῷ) Σικε(λίας). The latter seal differs from the former in the disposition of the text.

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