Jacob imperial spatharios and xenodochos of Nikomedeia (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Border of dots.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Border of dots.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
+ΙΚ
ΣΠΘ
ΞΕΝΟΔΟ
ΧΝΙΚΟΜ
Ἰακώβῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) ξενοδόχ(ῳ) Νικομ(ηδείας)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.493 |
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Diameter | 29.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 77.5. See also Zacos-Veglery, no. 1995, and Laurent, "Sceaux byzantins inedits," p. 41-42. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰακώβῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ ξενοδόχῳ Νικομηδείας.
Mother of God, help your servant Jacob, imperial spatharios and xenodochos of Nikomedeia.
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)
- Sceaux byzantins inédits (Open in Zotero)
- Le livre du préfet; ou, L’édit de l’empereur Léon le Sage sur les corporations de Constantinople (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The xenodochos (hospice administrator) of Nikomedeia is also attested in the treatise of Philotheos as a subordinate to the grand kourator: Listes, 123, line 19.