Constantine imperial protospatharios and strategos of Chaldia (tenth century)
Obverse
Cross potent on three steps, with fleurons up to the crossbar. A small X far below the crossbar. Circular inscription within concentric circles of dots:
+κεRοηθειτσδουλ
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cross potent on three steps, with fleurons up to the crossbar. A small X far below the crossbar. Circular inscription within concentric circles of dots:
+κεRοηθειτσδουλ
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
+κον
σταντινο
Rασπαθα
ρSστρατι
γοχαλδι
ασ
Κονσταντίνο β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθαρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) στρατιγο Χαλδίας
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.1413 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 32.38b. Listed in Bryer-Winfield, Pontos, 316. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κονσταντίνο βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατιγο Χαλδίας.
Lord, help your servant Constantine, imperial protospatharios of Chaldia.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Βυζαντιακὰ μολυβδόβουλλα. Ἡ συλλογὴ Ἀναστασίου Κ. Π. Σταμούλη (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos (Open in Zotero)
- De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The reading of this seal has been restored on the basis of its better preserved counterpart BZS.1958.106.2115 which comes from the same boulloterion. Both may well have come from the same owner as BZS.1955.1.1412.