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Basil protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou, megas chartoularios tou genikou, judge of the Hippodrome of the Peloponnesos and Hellas (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Mark blessing and holding book. Inscription in two columns: |.|.|ΡΚ|Ο|Σ. Ὁ ἅγιος Μᾶρκος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines, the final letter between two horizontal bars. Border of dots.

ΑΣ.Λ,
ΑΣΠ,Ε..
,Τ,Γ..Ρ
Τ,ΕΠΙΤ,...Ο
ΔΡ,ΠΕΛΟΠ,
ΕΛΛΑ
Δ

Βασίλειος πρωτοσπαθάριοςπ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου, μέγας χαρτουλάριος τοῦ γενικοῦ καὶ κριτὴς ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἱπποδρόμου Πελοποννήσου καὶ Ἑλλάδος

Obverse

Bust of St. Mark blessing and holding book. Inscription in two columns: |.|.|ΡΚ|Ο|Σ. Ὁ ἅγιος Μᾶρκος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of seven lines, the final letter between two horizontal bars. Border of dots.

ΑΣ.Λ,
ΑΣΠ,Ε..
,Τ,Γ..Ρ
Τ,ΕΠΙΤ,...Ο
ΔΡ,ΠΕΛΟΠ,
ΕΛΛΑ
Δ

Βασίλειος πρωτοσπαθάριοςπ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου, μέγας χαρτουλάριος τοῦ γενικοῦ καὶ κριτὴς ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἱπποδρόμου Πελοποννήσου καὶ Ἑλλάδος

Accession number BZS.1955.1.2240
Diameter 23.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 8.17a.
Cf. DO Seals 2, no. 8.16.

Translation

Βασίλειος πρωτοσπαθάριος ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου, μέγας χαρτουλάριος τοῦ γενικοῦ καὶ κριτὴς ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἱπποδρόμου Πελοποννήσου καὶ Ἑλλάδος.

Basil protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou, megas chartoularios tou genikou and judge of the Hippodrome of the Peloponnesos and Hellas.

Commentary

On the owner of this seal and the many specimens bearing his name in the DO Collection, see BZS 1947.2.135.

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