Staurakios (?) imperial spatharios and protonotarios of Paphlagonia (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (of indeterminate type); visible in the upper and lower quarters at r.: σ|λ. Wreath border.
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (of indeterminate type); visible in the upper and lower quarters at r.: σ|λ. Wreath border.
Reverse
Inscription. Wreath border.
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Στα[υρακ(ίῳ) β(ασιλικῷ) σ]π[α(θα)]ρ(ίῳ) [(καὶ) (πρωτο)]νοτα[ρ(ίῳ) Πα]φλα[γον(ίας)]
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.3632 |
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Diameter | 26.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 11.29. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Σταυρακίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ πρωτονοταρίῳ Παφλαγονίας.
Lord or Mother of God, help your servant Staurakios, imperial spatharios and protonotarios of Paphlagonia.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Bleisiegel in Berlin II (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
- Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)