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.
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.
ΑΣΠΑΘ
ΕΚΑΣΩ.
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 |
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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.
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)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Plombs byzantins de la Grèce et du Péleponnèse (Open in Zotero)
- Sceaux byzantins du musée de Constantinople (Open in Zotero)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This seal is edited on the basis of its counterpart, BZS 1958.106.4633; see also the commentary to this edition.