Theoktistos imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Peloponnesos (tenth century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on three steps. Circular inscription between two borders of dots.
.εοηθητ.σδουλ
[Κ(ύρι)]ε βοήθη [τ]ῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on three steps. Circular inscription between two borders of dots.
.εοηθητ.σδουλ
[Κ(ύρι)]ε βοήθη [τ]ῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
θεο
κτιστα
σπαθστ
ρατπελο
πονισ/
Θεοκτίστ(ῳ) β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατ(ηγῷ) Πελοπονίσ(ου)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.303 |
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Diameter | 21.0 mm; field: 18.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 22.39. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοκτίστῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Πελοπονίσου.
Lord, help your servant Theoktistos, imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Peloponnesos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- La Morée franque: Recherches historiques, topographiques et archéologiques sur la principauté d’Achaïe (1205-1430) (Open in Zotero)
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- Theophanis Chronographia (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Realities of Byzantine Provincial Government: Hellas and Peloponnesos, 1180-1205 (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The seal of a Theoktistos, imperial spatharokandidatos and strategos of the Peloponnesos was published by N. Zekos, in Ἀρχ. Δελτ. 32 (1977) 86.