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George Chalkoutzes, asekretis and basilikos of Rhodes (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Theodore holding the spear and the shield. Vertical inscription: |ΘΕ|ΟΔ|Ρ|Ο,: Ὁ ἅγιος Θεόδωρος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines. Border of dots.

Κ̅Ε,Θ,
ΤΣΔ
ΓΕΡΓΙ
ΑΣΗΚΡΙΤˋ
ΤΗΣΡΟΔ

ΤΧΑΛΚ
ΤΗ

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Γεωργίῳ ἀσηκρίτις καὶ βασιλικῷ τῆς Ῥόδου τῷ Χαλκούτζῃ

Obverse

Bust of St. Theodore holding the spear and the shield. Vertical inscription: |ΘΕ|ΟΔ|Ρ|Ο,: Ὁ ἅγιος Θεόδωρος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines. Border of dots.

Κ̅Ε,Θ,
ΤΣΔ
ΓΕΡΓΙ
ΑΣΗΚΡΙΤˋ
ΤΗΣΡΟΔ

ΤΧΑΛΚ
ΤΗ

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Γεωργίῳ ἀσηκρίτις καὶ βασιλικῷ τῆς Ῥόδου τῷ Χαλκούτζῃ

Accession number BZS.1958.106.5647
Diameter 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 54.1.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Γεωργίῳ ἀσηκρίτις καὶ βασιλικῷ τῆς Ῥόδου τῷ Χαλκούτζῃ.

Lord, help your servant George Chalkoutzes, asekretis and basilikos of Rhodes.

Commentary

An official with fiscal and judicial responsibilities (cf. DO Seals 2, no. 38.3).

The island of Rhodes was always wealthy; initiatlly it belonged to the province of the Nesoi, but then it became part of the theme of the Kibyrraiotai throughout the 10th and the 11th century. It had its own archon (Schumberger, Mélanges, 207; SBS 2 [1990] 258) and basilikos (DO Seals 2, no. 54.1). A doux of Rhodes will appear in the 12th century.

The metropolis of Rhodes kept its rank throughout the centuries, but the number of its suffragans varied. We have the list of the metropolitans of this see, the Synodikon. See Laurent, Corpus V/1, 528; Fedalto, 203-5; Malamut, Iles, passim, esp. 242-44, 281-83, 300, 323, 325, 359, 365, 506; Gouillard, Synodikon, 113, 278-79; ODB III, 1791-92.

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