Constantine imperial spatharios and protonotarios of the Armeniakoi (ninth/tenth century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on four steps. Circular inscription within concentric circles of dots:
κεRοηθειτσδουλ
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on four steps. Circular inscription within concentric circles of dots:
κεRοηθειτσδουλ
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
+κο..
ταντ..
Rσπαθ,Sαν
οταριτ,α
ρμενια
Κο[νσ]ταντ[ίν]ῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) (πρωτο)νοταρίῳ τ(ῶν) Ἀρμενια(κῶν)
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.2333 |
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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)
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- 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)