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Philaretos imperial spatharios and chartoularios of the Anatolikoi (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). In the quarters: ..Σ|.Λ. Wreath border.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.

ΦΙΛ
ΤΒΣ
ΧΑΡΤΤ
ΑΤΟΛ

Φιλαρέτῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ χαρτουλαρίῳ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type). In the quarters: ..Σ|.Λ. Wreath border.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.

ΦΙΛ
ΤΒΣ
ΧΑΡΤΤ
ΑΤΟΛ

Φιλαρέτῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ χαρτουλαρίῳ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1386
Diameter 29.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 86.8.
Zacos-Veglery, no. 2321.

Translation

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Φιλαρέτῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ χαρτουλαρίῳ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν.

Lord or Mother of God, help your servant Philaretos, imperial spatharios and chartoularios 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)