Nicholas chartoularios and chrysoteles of the Thrakesioi (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas blessing with his right hand. Inscription in two columns: |ν|ι-κ|ο|λ, : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλ(αος). Circular inscription along a border of dots:
...Rοηθιτσ....
[Κύριε] βοήθι τῷ σ[ῷ δούλῳ].
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas blessing with his right hand. Inscription in two columns: |ν|ι-κ|ο|λ, : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλ(αος). Circular inscription along a border of dots:
...Rοηθιτσ....
[Κύριε] βοήθι τῷ σ[ῷ δούλῳ].
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, decoration above, and, faintly visible, below. Border of dots.
– · –
νικο
.αχαρ
.λˋSτ̅
.ονθρ
ακισ
– –
Νικο[λ]άῳ χαρ[τ]ουλ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) χρ(υσο)τ(ελεῖ) [τ]ον Θρᾳκισ(ίων).
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5160 |
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Diameter | 25.0 mm; field: 21.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 2.5. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθι τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικολάῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ καὶ χρυσοτελεῖ τον Θρᾳκισίων.
Lord, help your servant Nicholas, chartoularios and chrysoteles of the Thrakesioi.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Constantini Porphyrogeniti De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanis Chronographia (Open in Zotero)
- L’histoire et la géographie de la région de Smyrne entre les deux occupations turques (1081-1317), particulièrement au XIIIe siècle (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- “Thrakien” und “Thrakesion” (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The rarely found office of the chrysoteles appears in the sources around the year 1000 and refers to a tax collector. See BZS 1955.1.2235.