Kosmas stratelates and general kommerkiarios of the apotheke of Helenopontos (679/80)
Obverse
In the upper field, a bust of Constantine IV, bearded, wearing military dress and holding a spear in his right hand behind his head and a shield in his left hand. Circular inscription: ιν-δη : Ἰνδ(ικτιὼν) η᾽. In the lower field, an inscription of four lines. No visible border.
+κοσμσστρ
τηλτSγε
.ικκομ
.......
Κοσμᾶ στρατηλάτου (καὶ) γε[ν]ικοῦ κομ[μερκιαρίου]
Obverse
In the upper field, a bust of Constantine IV, bearded, wearing military dress and holding a spear in his right hand behind his head and a shield in his left hand. Circular inscription: ιν-δη : Ἰνδ(ικτιὼν) η᾽. In the lower field, an inscription of four lines. No visible border.
+κοσμσστρ
τηλτSγε
.ικκομ
.......
Κοσμᾶ στρατηλάτου (καὶ) γε[ν]ικοῦ κομ[μερκιαρίου]
Reverse
In the upper fields, busts of Herakleios on the left and Tiberios on the right, each wearing a chlamys and a crown and holding a globus cruciger in their right hands. In the field below, inscription of three lines. No visible border.
.ποθηκησ
ελενοπ
οντ..
[ἀ]ποθήκης Ἑλενοπόντ[ου]
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1758 |
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Diameter | 34.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 26.2. Cf. Zacos-Veglery, no. 156. |
Translation
Ἰνδικτιὼν η᾽. Κοσμᾶ στρατηλάτου καὶ γενικοῦ κομμερκιαρίου ἀποθήκης Ἑλενοπόντου.
Indiction 8. (Seal of) Kosmas, stratelates and general kommerkiarios of the apotheke of Helenopontos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)