Nicholas imperial spatharios and chartoularios of the Optimatoi (ninth/tenth century)
Obverse
Cross with wide arms on four steps with fleurons arising from base (up to transverse bar). Circular inscription, beginning at twelve o'clock, between two borders of dots:
+ΚΕΟΗΘ....ΣΔΟΥΛ
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ[ει τῷ] σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cross with wide arms on four steps with fleurons arising from base (up to transverse bar). Circular inscription, beginning at twelve o'clock, between two borders of dots:
+ΚΕΟΗΘ....ΣΔΟΥΛ
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ[ει τῷ] σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines followed by decoration. Border of dots.
.ΝΙΚΟ
..ΟΥˊΣΠ
..ΡΤΟΝΟΠ
.ΗΜΤΟΝ
Νικο[λά]ου βα(σιλικοῦ) σπα[θ(αρίου) (καὶ) χ]αρ(τουλαρίου) τον Ὀπ[τ]ημάτον
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.455 |
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Diameter | 23.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 71.3 |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Νικολάου βασιλικοῦ σπαθαρίου καὶ χαρτουλαρίου τον Ὀπτημάτον.
Lord, help your servant. (Seal of) Nicholas, imperial spatharios and chartoularios of the Optimatoi.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)