N., imperial protospatharios and domestikos of the Optimatoi (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Theodore holding a spear. Inscription in two columns: |ΘΕ|Ο. : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεό[δωρος]. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St. Theodore holding a spear. Inscription in two columns: |ΘΕ|Ο. : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεό[δωρος]. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines preceded and followed by an uncertain decoration. Border of dots.
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.ΥΝ
ΑΣΑΣ
ΔΟΜ
Κ,ΤΟΝ
ΤΙΜˊ
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...υν... [β]ασ(ιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σ[παθ(αρίῳ)] (καὶ) δομ[εστί]κ(ῳ) τον [Ὀπ]τιμ(άτων)
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.1746 |
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Diameter | 30.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 71.18. |
Translation
...υν... βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ δομεστίκῳ τον Ὀπτιμάτων.
N., imperial protospatharios and domestikos of the Optimatoi.
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)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
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- Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)