Theodosios imperial spatharios and domestikos of the Optimatoi (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the lower quarters: ΛΩ. Wreath border.
[Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δ]ούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the lower quarters: ΛΩ. Wreath border.
[Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δ]ούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.
ΙΒΣ
.ΔΟΜΤ
.ΟΠΤΙΜ.
[Θεοδοσ]ίῳ β(ασιλικῷ σ[πα(θαρίῳ) (καὶ)] δομ(εστίκῳ) τ[ῶν] Ὀπτιμ(άτων)
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.920 |
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Diameter | 23.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 71.14b. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοδοσίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ δομεστίκῳ τῶν Ὀπτιμάτων.
Mother of God, help your servant Theodosios, imperial spatharios and domestic of the Optimatoi.
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)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (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)
- Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The reading of this seal is restored on the basis of its counterpart, BZS 1958.106.919, which comes from the same boulloterion.