Phokas protospatharios and droungarios of Aigaion Pelagos (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.
ΦΚ
ˊΣΠˊSΔΡΓ
ΓˊΤΕΓΕΟΥ
ΠΕΛΓ/
Φωκᾷ (πρωτο)σπα(θαρίῳ) (καὶ) δρουγγα(ρίῳ) τοῦ Ἐγέου Πελάγ(ους)
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.85 |
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Diameter | 28.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 40.9. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Φωκᾷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ δρουγγαρίῳ τοῦ Ἐγέου Πελάγους.
Theotokos, help your servant Phokas, protospatharios and droungarios of the Aegean Sea.
Bibliography
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (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 first letter of the second line of the reverse is not clear. We read it as the abbreviation for proto-, but it is not out of the question that it is the abbreviation for imperial, in which case the owner would have held the title of basilikos spatharios.