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Constantine imperial spatharios and protonotarios of the Armeniakoi (ninth/tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on four steps. Circular inscription within concentric circles of dots:

κεRοηθειτσδουλ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

+κο..
ταντ..
Rσπαθ,Sαν
οταριτ
ρμενια

Κο[νσ]ταντ[ίν]ῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) (πρωτο)νοταρίῳ τ(ῶν) Ἀρμενια(κῶν)

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on four steps. Circular inscription within concentric circles of dots:

κεRοηθειτσδουλ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

+κο..
ταντ..
Rσπαθ,Sαν
οταριτ
ρμενια

Κο[νσ]ταντ[ίν]ῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) (πρωτο)νοταρίῳ τ(ῶν) Ἀρμενια(κῶν)

Accession number BZS.1958.106.2333
Diameter 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 22.30.

A parallel specimen from the same boulloterion is published in Zacos, Seals II, no. 127.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κονσταντίνῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ πρωτονοταρίῳ τῶν Ἀρμενιακῶν.

Lord, help your servant Constantine, imperial spatharios and protonotarios of the Armeniakoi.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
  • The Armeniac Theme and the Fate of Its Leaders (Open in Zotero)
  • Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
  • De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
  • Istoriceskoe znacenie italo-greceskoj ikonopisi: Izobra zenija Bogomatera v prozvedenijah italo-greceskih ikonopiscev i ih vlijanie na kompozicii nekotoryh proslavlennyh russkih ikon (Open in Zotero)