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N., imperial spatharokandidatos and tourmarches of Sicily (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. No visible border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. No visible border.

.Ν.
ΣΠΘΚΝ
Δ/ΤΡΜΡ
Χ/ΣΙΚΕΛ/

.ν. βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ τουρμάρχ Σικελίας

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. No visible border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. No visible border.

.Ν.
ΣΠΘΚΝ
Δ/ΤΡΜΡ
Χ/ΣΙΚΕΛ/

.ν. βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ τουρμάρχ Σικελίας

Accession number BZS.1958.106.4114
Diameter 26.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 5.37.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ν. βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ τουρμάρχῃ Σικελίας.

Theotokos, help your servant N., imperial spatharokandidatos and tourmarches of Sicily.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
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  • La Sicile byzantine: État de recherches (Open in Zotero)
  • Une liste arabe des stratèges du thème de Sicile (Open in Zotero)
  • Une source peu étudiée de l’histoire de la Sicile au haut Moyen-Age: La sigillographie byzantine (Open in Zotero)
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  • Theophanes Continuatus, Ioannes Cameniata, Symeon Magister, Georgius Monachus (Open in Zotero)