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John imperial spatharokandidatos and chartoularios of the dromos of the Anatolikoi (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on three steps. Between two borders of dots, inscription.

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.

+ΙΑ...
ΣΠΑΘ..
ΟΚΑΝΔ /Κ..
ΡΤΛ /Τ..
ΡΟΜ,Τ,Α.
ΑΤΟΛ

Ἰωάννῃ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ χαρτουλαρίῳ τοῦ δρόμου τῶννατολικῶν

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on three steps. Between two borders of dots, inscription.

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.

+ΙΑ...
ΣΠΑΘ..
ΟΚΑΝΔ /Κ..
ΡΤΛ /Τ..
ΡΟΜ,Τ,Α.
ΑΤΟΛ

Ἰωάννῃ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ χαρτουλαρίῳ τοῦ δρόμου τῶννατολικῶν

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1060
Diameter 25.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 86.12.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ χαρτουλαρίῳ τοῦ δρόμου τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν.

Lord, help your servant John, imperial spatharokandidatos and chartoularios of the dromos of the Anatolikoi.

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)
  • Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
  • Sceaux byzantins du Musée National de Varsovie (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)