Anastasios imperial kandidatos and protonotarios of the strategos of the Thrakesioi (eighth century)
Obverse
Faint outline of a cruciform invocative monogram (of indeterminate type); in the quarters: ..-σω|.-λω. No visible border.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Indeterminate border.
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στασιβ
κανδδSα
νοτ,τουστ
ρατιγ,το
νθρα
[Ἀν]αστασίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) κανδ(ι)δ(άτῳ καὶ) (πρωτο)νοτ(αρίῳ) τοῦ στρατιγ(οῦ) τον Θρᾳ(κησίων).
Obverse
Faint outline of a cruciform invocative monogram (of indeterminate type); in the quarters: ..-σω|.-λω. No visible border.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Indeterminate border.
...
στασιβ
κανδδSα
νοτ,τουστ
ρατιγ,το
νθρα
[Ἀν]αστασίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) κανδ(ι)δ(άτῳ καὶ) (πρωτο)νοτ(αρίῳ) τοῦ στρατιγ(οῦ) τον Θρᾳ(κησίων).
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.878 |
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| Diameter | 26.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 2.35.
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Translation
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀναστασίῳ βασιλικῷ κανδιδάτῳ καὶ πρωτονοταρίῳ τοῦ στρατιγοῦ τον Θρᾳκησίων.
Lord or Mother of God, help your servant Anastasios, imperial kandidatos and protonotarios of the strategos of the Thrakesioi.
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
- Constantini Porphyrogeniti De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae
- Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900
- Theophanis Chronographia
- L'histoire et la géographie de la région de Smyrne entre les deux occupations turques (1081-1317), particulièrement au XIIIe siècle
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles
- "Thrakien" und "Thrakesion,"
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung
- Litterae Numismaticae Vindobonenses R. Goebl dedicatae
Commentary
The expression "protonotarios of the strategos" used on this seal is revealing with regard to the place of the protonotarios in the administrative hierarchy of the theme in the eighth century. It should be seen in connection with Theophanes, 445, where the chronicler speaks of the "notarios of the strategos" Michael Lachanodrakon, Leo Kouloukes, who was sent by his master to sell all the monasteries and their possessions within the Thrakesion.