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Sergios imperial vestitor and kommerkiarios of Pontos (eighth/ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform Invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: ΔΣ. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τῷ] δού[λῳ] σου

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Indeterminate border.


ΓΙΒ/Β
.ΚΟΜΕ
ΠΟΝΤ

Σ[ερ]γίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) β[εστ(ίτορι) (καὶ)] κομε[ρκ(ιαρίῳ) τοῦ] Πόντ(ου)

Obverse

Cruciform Invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: ΔΣ. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τῷ] δού[λῳ] σου

Reverse

Inscription in four lines. Indeterminate border.


ΓΙΒ/Β
.ΚΟΜΕ
ΠΟΝΤ

Σ[ερ]γίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) β[εστ(ίτορι) (καὶ)] κομε[ρκ(ιαρίῳ) τοῦ] Πόντ(ου)

Accession number BZS.1947.2.93
Diameter 25.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 72.2.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ δούλῳ σου Σεργίῳ βασιλικῷ βεστίτορι καὶ κομερκιαρίῳ τοῦ Πόντου.

Mother of God, help your servant Sergios, imperial vestitor and kommerkiarios of Pontos.

Commentary

On the seals of officials active in Pontos, see the commentary to BZS 1951.31.5.108.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
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  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • Molivdovuly grečeskogo Vostoka (Open in Zotero)