Basil Kamytzes, spatharokandidatos epi tou Chrysotriklinou (eleventh century, first half)
Obverse
Bust of St. Michael holding a sceptre. Inscription: μ|ιχ|α : Μιχαήλ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
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Κύριε βοήθει Βασηλείῳ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου τῷ Καμύτζῃ
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.2218 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Βασηλείῳ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου τῷ Καμύτζῃ.
Lord, help Basil Kamytzes, spatharokandidatos epi tou Chrysotriklinou.
Commentary
See Andreas Gkoutzioukostas and Alexandra-Kyriaki Wassiliou-Seibt, "The origin and the members of the Kamytzes family: A contribution to Byzantine prosopography," DOP 72 (2018), 179, who suggest a different reading of the family name, the admittedly uncertain Kanaboutzes.