Kommerkion of Sicily (seventh century)
Obverse
Inscription in three lines. Wreath border.
ΚΟΜ
ΜΕΡ
ΚΙ
κομμερκίου
Reverse
Inscription in three lines. Wreath border.
ΣΙ
ΚΕΛΙ
ΑΣ
Σικελίας
Obverse
Inscription in three lines. Wreath border.
ΚΟΜ
ΜΕΡ
ΚΙ
κομμερκίου
Reverse
Inscription in three lines. Wreath border.
ΣΙ
ΚΕΛΙ
ΑΣ
Σικελίας
| Accession number | BZS.1947.2.158 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 24.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 5.2. |
Translation
Κομμερκίου Σικελίας.
(Seal of) the kommerkion of Sicily.
Bibliography
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Silk Trade and Production in Byzantium from the Sixth to the Ninth Century: The Seals of Kommerkiarioi (Open in Zotero)
- Storia della Sicilia, Vol. 3, La Sicilia fra Roma e Bisanzio (Open in Zotero)
- La Sicile byzantine: État de recherches (Open in Zotero)
- Une liste arabe des stratèges du thème de Sicile (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- L’amministrazione del tema de Sicilia (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanes Continuatus, Ioannes Cameniata, Symeon Magister, Georgius Monachus (Open in Zotero)
- Une source peu étudiée de l’histoire de la Sicile au haut Moyen-Age: La sigillographie byzantine (Open in Zotero)
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
A seal with the portrait of a standing emperor and the inscription κομμερκίου Σικελίας is preserved in the Archaeological Museum of Syracus (Borsari, Amministrazione, 131, no. 1). One would assume that this was the seal used for official business of the kommerkion, while the specimen republished here, deprived of the emperor's portrait, was used for everyday correspondence; see Oikonomides, Kommerkiarioi, 36.