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Constantine imperial protospatharios and strategos of Chaldia (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cross on three steps, with fleurons up to the crossbar. An X below the crossbar; crosslets of dots in the upper quarters. Remains of a circular inscription within concentric circles of dots:

+κεRοηθ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ[ει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

κον.
ντινο
,σπθρ,
τρτιγο
.λδι,

Κον[στ]αντίνο [(βασιλικῷ)] (πρωτο)σπαθαρ(ίῳ) [(καὶ) σ]τρατιγο [Χ]αλδί(ας)

Obverse

Cross on three steps, with fleurons up to the crossbar. An X below the crossbar; crosslets of dots in the upper quarters. Remains of a circular inscription within concentric circles of dots:

+κεRοηθ

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ[ει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ]

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

κον.
ντινο
,σπθρ,
τρτιγο
.λδι,

Κον[στ]αντίνο [(βασιλικῷ)] (πρωτο)σπαθαρ(ίῳ) [(καὶ) σ]τρατιγο [Χ]αλδί(ας)

Accession number BZS.1955.1.1412
Diameter 19.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 32.39.

Listed in Bryer-Winfield, Pontos, 316.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κονσταντίνο βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατιγο Χαλδίας.

Lord, help your servant Constantine, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Chaldia.

Commentary

Possible the same owner as BZS.1958.106.2115 and BZS.1955.1.1413.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Βυζαντιακὰ μολυβδόβουλλα. Ἡ συλλογὴ Ἀναστασίου Κ. Π. Σταμούλη (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
  • The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos (Open in Zotero)
  • De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)