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Nikephoros protospatharios and ek prosopou of the strategos of the Optimatoi (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. John the Theologian holding a book. Vertical inscription: |.Ω|.Θ|Ε|ΟΛ.|Γ,: Ὁ ἅ(γιος) [Ἰ]ω(άννης) [ὁ] Θεολ(ό)γ(ος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines with decorations above. Border of dots.

  
ΝΙΚΗΦ.
ΑΣΠΑΘ
ΕΚΑΣΩ.
ΤΣΤΡΑ.
ΤΩΝΟΠ.
ΜΑΤ,

Νικηφ(όρος) (πρωτο)σπαθ(άριος) (καὶ) ἐκ (προ)σώ[π(ου)] τοῦ στρα[τ(ηγοῦ)] τῶν Ὀπ[τ(ι)]μάτ(ων)

Obverse

Bust of St. John the Theologian holding a book. Vertical inscription: |.Ω|.Θ|Ε|ΟΛ.|Γ,: Ὁ ἅ(γιος) [Ἰ]ω(άννης) [ὁ] Θεολ(ό)γ(ος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines with decorations above. Border of dots.

  
ΝΙΚΗΦ.
ΑΣΠΑΘ
ΕΚΑΣΩ.
ΤΣΤΡΑ.
ΤΩΝΟΠ.
ΜΑΤ,

Νικηφ(όρος) (πρωτο)σπαθ(άριος) (καὶ) ἐκ (προ)σώ[π(ου)] τοῦ στρα[τ(ηγοῦ)] τῶν Ὀπ[τ(ι)]μάτ(ων)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2900
Diameter 22.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 71.21c.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Νικηφόρος πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ στρατηγοῦ τῶν Ὀπτιμάτων.

Nikephoros, protospatharios and ek prosopou of the strategos of the Optimatoi.

Commentary

This seal is edited on the basis of its counterpart, BZS 1958.106.4633; see also the commentary to this edition.

Bibliography

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