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Symeon kommerkiarios of Christoupolis (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a pellet below. Wreath border.

ΣΥΜΕ
ΟΝΚΜΕΡΚ
ΧΡΗΣΤΠ
ΟΛΕΣ

Συμεὸν κουμερκ(ιαρίῳ) Χρηστωπόλεως

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a pellet below. Wreath border.

ΣΥΜΕ
ΟΝΚΜΕΡΚ
ΧΡΗΣΤΠ
ΟΛΕΣ

Συμεὸν κουμερκ(ιαρίῳ) Χρηστωπόλεως

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.94
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)