Symeon kommerkiarios of Christoupolis (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, a pellet below. Wreath border.
ΣΥΜΕ
ΟΝΚΜΕΡΚ
ΧΡΗΣΤΠ
ΟΛΕΣ
Συμεὸν κουμερκ(ιαρίῳ) Χρηστωπόλεως
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.94 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 39.5; Zacos-Veglery, no. 2404. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Συμεὸν κουμερκιαρίῳ Χρηστωπόλεως.
Mother of God, help your servant Symeon kommerkiarios of Christoupolis.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Le kommerkion d’Abydos, Thessalonique et le commerce bulgare du 9e siècle (Open in Zotero)
- Philippes et la Macédoine orientale à l’époque chrétienne et byzantine; recherches d’histoire et d’archéologie (Open in Zotero)