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N. imperial spatharokandidatos and kommerkiarios of Chaldia (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type); visible letters include Ο in center, Θ at left, and ΗΚ at right. In the quarters: ..-.|..-λ. Each quarter also contains a decoration (). No visible border.

Reverse

Inscription of at least four lines, a decoration below. No visible border.

..R.πα
κανS
ε....
ρχαλδ

... β(ασιλικῷ) [σ]πα[θ(αρο)]κανδ(ι)δ(άτῳ) (καὶ) [κ]ουμε[ρκια]ρ(ίῳ) Χαλδ(ίας)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type); visible letters include Ο in center, Θ at left, and ΗΚ at right. In the quarters: ..-.|..-λ. Each quarter also contains a decoration (). No visible border.

Reverse

Inscription of at least four lines, a decoration below. No visible border.

..R.πα
κανS
ε....
ρχαλδ

... β(ασιλικῷ) [σ]πα[θ(αρο)]κανδ(ι)δ(άτῳ) (καὶ) [κ]ουμε[ρκια]ρ(ίῳ) Χαλδ(ίας)

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1021
Diameter 19.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 32.30.

Translation

... βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ κουμερκιαρίῳ Χαλδίας.

... imperial spatharokandidatos and kommerkiarios 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)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (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)