Sergios imperial spatharokandidatos and strategos of Cherson (ninth/tenth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding medallion of Christ and flanked by two crosslets made of dots. No sigla. Circular inscription along border of dots.
ΚΕ.ΟΗΘΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ,
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding medallion of Christ and flanked by two crosslets made of dots. No sigla. Circular inscription along border of dots.
ΚΕ.ΟΗΘΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ,
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
σεργι
σπθρ,
κνδστ.
τιγοχερ
σονσ
Σεργίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ στρατιγό Χερσόνας
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.93 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 82.21b. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Σεργίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ στρατιγό Χερσόνας.
Lord, help your servant Sergios imperial spatharokandidatos and strategos of Cherson.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
- L’administration byzantine de Cherson: catalogue des sceaux (Open in Zotero)
- Archaeology and the History of Cherson (Open in Zotero)
- De Administrando Imperio (Open in Zotero)
- Nicephori archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani Opuscula historica (Open in Zotero)
- Ioannis Scylitzae Synopsis historiarum (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Svincovye pečati vizantijskogo Hersona (Open in Zotero)
- Pečati Hersonskoj Femy (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- Sceaux byzantins inédits (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The reading has been restored on the basis of BZS.1955.1.2836, a better preserved specimen from the same boulloterion.