Theodore spatharokoubikoularios and strategos of Seleukeia (tenth century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Theodore, wearing the chlamys and holding the martyr's cross before him. Remnants of a vertical inscription on left: |ΘΕ : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θε[όδωρ(ος)]. Within a border of dots a circular inscription.
ΚΕΟΗΘ,ΤΩΣΩΔΟΥΛ,
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ει) τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Obverse
Bust of St. Theodore, wearing the chlamys and holding the martyr's cross before him. Remnants of a vertical inscription on left: |ΘΕ : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θε[όδωρ(ος)]. Within a border of dots a circular inscription.
ΚΕΟΗΘ,ΤΩΣΩΔΟΥΛ,
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ει) τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.
ΘΕΟΔ,
ΣΠΑΘΑΡ,
ΚΙΚΟΥΛ,
ΣΤΡΑΤ,
ΣΕΛΕΥ
Θεοδ(ώρῳ) σπαθαρ(ο)κουβικουλ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατ(ηγῷ) Σελευ(κείας).
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.3491 |
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Diameter | 18.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 5 no. 6.22 |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοδώρῳ σπαθαροκουβικουλαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Σελευκείας.
Lord, help your servant Theodore spatharokoubikoularios and strategos of Seleukeia.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 5: The East (continued), Constantinople and Environs, Unknown Locations, Addenda, Uncertain Readings (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Recherches sur les institutions byzantines (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The dignity of spatharokoubikoularios, conferred upon eunuchs, is not common (Oikonomides, Listes, 300–301; Guilland, Recherches 1:283–85). The Theodore of this seal can be added to the names of spatharokoubikoularioi listed by Guilland.