Akroulios (?) imperial spatharios and droungarios of Aigaion Pelagos (eighth/ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|.Λ. No border visible.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|.Λ. No border visible.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription. No border visible.
..ΚΡ
ΛΙΒ /ΣΠΘ.
ΔΡΓΓΡ.
ΤΙΓΕΠ.
..Γ
Ἀκρουλίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ δρουγγαρίῳ τοῦ Αἰγέου Πελάγους
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5075 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 40.5. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀκρουλίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ δρουγγαρίῳ τοῦ Αἰγέου Πελάγους.
Mother of God, help your servant Akroulios imperial spatharios and droungarios of Aigaion Pelagos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Corinth, Vol. 12, The Minor Objects (Open in Zotero)
- Methodii Patriarchae Constantinopolitani Vita S. Theophanis Confessoris: e codice mosquensi no. 159 (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The owner's name should probably be read as Ἀκρούλιος, a variant form of Ἀκρόλιος. The latter is attested on two ninth-century seals (Zacos-Veglery, no. 3072); Corinth XII, no. 2690.