The imperial kommerkia (of Thrace?) (801/2)
Obverse
Bust of Irene (costume indistinct), wearing crown with a cross and two triangular projections and holding a cruciform scepter, of which only the upper portion is visible. Indiction sign: ·Ι·. Wreath border.
Ἰνδικτιὼν ιˊ
Obverse
Bust of Irene (costume indistinct), wearing crown with a cross and two triangular projections and holding a cruciform scepter, of which only the upper portion is visible. Indiction sign: ·Ι·. Wreath border.
Ἰνδικτιὼν ιˊ
Reverse
Inscription in three (?) lines. Wreath border.
τνβ/
κομερκ.
....
Τῶν βασιλικῶν κομερκίων τῆς Θρᾴκης
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.2778 |
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Diameter | 25.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 71.20. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Τῶν βασιλικῶν κομερκίων τῆς Θρᾴκης.
(Seal of) the imperial kommerkia of Thrace.
Bibliography
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
- De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
- “Thrakien” und “Thrakesion” (Open in Zotero)
- Die zweihundertjährige Reform (Zu den Anfängen der Themenorganisation im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert) (Open in Zotero)
- Ανίχνευση τοπογραφική της ανατολικής Θράκης (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- La Thrace Orientale et La Mer Noire: Géographie Ecclésiastique et Prosopographie (VIIIe-XIIe Siècles) (Open in Zotero)
- Constantini Porphyrogeniti De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The reading, although uncertain, is suggested by the inscription on a similar seal published by Zacos-Veglery, no. 280b.