Genesios (?) imperial protospatharios, asekretis and judge of the Peloponnesos (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St Nicholas offering a blessing and holding the book. Traces of an inscription: Ν|Κ|Λ: [ὁ ἅ(γιος)] Ν(ι)κ(ό)λ(αος). Faint lettering along the upper circumference, probably from a circular invocation but now indecipherable. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St Nicholas offering a blessing and holding the book. Traces of an inscription: Ν|Κ|Λ: [ὁ ἅ(γιος)] Ν(ι)κ(ό)λ(αος). Faint lettering along the upper circumference, probably from a circular invocation but now indecipherable. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines, the final two letters between horizontal bars. Border of dots.
..ΝΕΣ,.
..ΣΠΑΘΑΡ.
..ΗΚΡΗΙ.
.ΡΗΤ,ΠΕΛΟ
ΠΟΝ.Η
ΣΟΥ
[Γε]νεσ(ίῳ) [β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)]σπαθαρ[ί(ῳ), ἀσ]ηκρῆτι[ς (καὶ) κ]ρητ(ῇ) Πελοπον[ν]ήσου
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.198 |
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Diameter | 29.0 mm; field: 22.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 22.9. |
Translation
Γενεσίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ, ἀσηκρῆτις καὶ κρητῇ Πελοποννήσου.
Genesios, imperial protospatharios asekretis and judge of the Peloponnesos.
Bibliography
- Die Skleroi: Eine prosopographisch-sigillographische Studie (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanis Chronographia (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)