Theophylaktos imperial protospatharios and epi tou mystikou domou (?) (tenth century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross mounted on a base of three steps. Within a border of dots, remnants of a circular inscription.
κεβοηθ,τ
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ει) τ[ῷ σῷ δούλῳ]
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots
..οφι
....ο/Α/
....ϗεπι
.....δομ
.υ
[Θε]οφι[λάκτ]ο β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)[σπαθ(αρίῳ)] (καὶ) ἐπὶ [τ(οῦ) μυστικοῦ] δόμ[ο]υ
Obverse
Patriarchal cross mounted on a base of three steps. Within a border of dots, remnants of a circular inscription.
κεβοηθ,τ
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ει) τ[ῷ σῷ δούλῳ]
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots
..οφι
....ο/Α/
....ϗεπι
.....δομ
.υ
[Θε]οφι[λάκτ]ο β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)[σπαθ(αρίῳ)] (καὶ) ἐπὶ [τ(οῦ) μυστικοῦ] δόμ[ο]υ
| Accession number | BZS.1947.2.921 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 20.0 mm; field: 18.0 mm |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοφιλάκτο βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ μυστικοῦ δόμου.
Lord, help your servant Theophylaktos, imperial protospatharios and epi tou mystikou domou.
Bibliography
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Études sur l’histoire administrative de l’empire byzantin: Le mystique, ὁ μυστικός (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The conjectural readings of the name on this poorly preserved seal, and the rarely attested office of the epi tou mystikou domou, are based on Laurent's unpublished catalogue. It is not out of the question that the last two lines could be reconstructed as ἐπὶ τῶν ἀξιομάτων.