Image: Peter of Diokleia

Description: Lead stamp of archon Peter or Petar, the first known office-holder of Duklja. He lived in the 10th or 11th century. It is decorated on the obverse with a bust of the Virgin Mary holding a medallion of Christ and flanked by two cruciform invocative monograms. The text is in Greek letters, saying "Petrou, Archontos Dioklia, Amin" - Peter, archon of Dioklea, Amen. The stamp was kept in Medal Cabinet of Berlin and before 1884 it was in decay condition. Illustration based on the original by Dardel, first published in 1884 by Gustave Schlumberger. For references: Eric McGeer, Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art: The East (continued), Constantinople and environs, unknown locations, addenda, uncertain readings, Dumbarton Oaks, 2005, p. 155, ISBN 0884023095, 9780884023098
Title: Peter of Diokleia
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