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Michael spatharokandidatos, asekretis and judge of Cappadocia (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Michael holding a scepter in his right hand and a globus in his left hand. No inscription visible. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines, a decoration (above and?) below. Border of dots.

μιχαη
σπαθαρ,
καν,α
σηκριτ.
κριτ,κα
παδο.

Μιχαὴ(λ) σπαθαρ(ο)κανδ(ι)δ(άτῳ), ἀσηκρίτ(ῃ) [(καὶ)] κριτ(ῇ) Καπαδο[κ(ίας)]

Obverse

Bust of St. Michael holding a scepter in his right hand and a globus in his left hand. No inscription visible. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines, a decoration (above and?) below. Border of dots.

μιχαη
σπαθαρ,
καν,α
σηκριτ.
κριτ,κα
παδο.

Μιχαὴ(λ) σπαθαρ(ο)κανδ(ι)δ(άτῳ), ἀσηκρίτ(ῃ) [(καὶ)] κριτ(ῇ) Καπαδο[κ(ίας)]

Accession number BZS.1958.106.2945
Diameter 23.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 43.2.

Similar seal, with the same alignment of letters but slightly different orthography, is published in Sig., 278, no. 3.

Translation

Μιχαὴλ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ, ἀσηκρίτῃ καὶ κριτῇ Καπαδοκίας.

Michael, spatharokandidatos, asekretis, and judge of Cappadocia.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • De Administrando Imperio (Open in Zotero)
  • Ermitažnye pečati Filareta Vrahamija (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • Kappadokien (Kappadokia, Charsianon, Sebasteia und Lykandos) (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
  • Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)