Christopher spatharokoubikoularios, asekretis and judge of the Peloponnesos and Hellas (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of five lines, the final letter between horizontal bars. Border of dots.
.ΕΡΟΘ
.ΡΙΣΤΟ.
ΣΠΑΘΑΡ
ΚΙ,
Λ,
[Κ(ύρι)ε βο(ή)θ[ει Χ]ριστο[φ(όρῳ)] σπαθαρ(ο)κουβι[κ(ου)]λ(αρίῳ)
Obverse
Inscription of five lines, the final letter between horizontal bars. Border of dots.
.ΕΡΟΘ
.ΡΙΣΤΟ.
ΣΠΑΘΑΡ
ΚΙ,
Λ,
[Κ(ύρι)ε βο(ή)θ[ει Χ]ριστο[φ(όρῳ)] σπαθαρ(ο)κουβι[κ(ου)]λ(αρίῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of four lines with decoration below. Border of dots.
.ΣΗ..
ΚΡΙΤ.
Π.ΛΟΠΟΝ
..ΛΛΑΔ,
[ἀ]ση[κρ(ῆτις)] (καὶ) κριτ[ῇ] Π[ε]λοπον(νήσου) [(καὶ) Ἑ]λλάδ(ος)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.819 |
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Diameter | 27.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 8.21. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Χριστοφόρῳ σπαθαροκουβικουλαρίῳ, ἀσηκρῆτις καὶ κριτῇ Πελοποννήσου καὶ Ἑλλάδος.
Lord, help Christopher, spatharokoubikoularios, asekretis and judge of Peloponnesos and Hellas.
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)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Le Peloponnese byzantin jusqu’en 1204 (Open in Zotero)
- Du stratège de thème au duc: chronologie de l’évolution au cours du XIe siècle (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Hellas und Thessalia (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The format of this specimen and BZS 1955.1.1944 are similar. It is possible that we are dealing with the same person.