Michael judge of the Optimatoi (eleventh century)
Obverse
St. Michael standing to front holding scepter with trefoil ornament and a globus cruciger. Inscription in two columns: Α M: Ἀ(ρ)χ(άγγελος) Μ(ι)χ(αήλ). Border of dots.
Obverse
St. Michael standing to front holding scepter with trefoil ornament and a globus cruciger. Inscription in two columns: Α M: Ἀ(ρ)χ(άγγελος) Μ(ι)χ(αήλ). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
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ΤΝΟΠΤΙ
ΜΑΤΝΜΙ
ΧΑΗΛΚΡΙ
ΤΗΝΣΚΕ
ΠΟΙΣ
Τῶν Ὀπτιμάτων Μιχαὴλ κριτὴν σκέποις
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.3794 |
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Diameter | 21.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 71.25a. |
Translation
Τῶν Ὀπτιμάτων Μιχαὴλ κριτὴν σκέποις.
May you watch over Michael, judge of the Optimatoi.
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 (Open in Zotero)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The inscription is in dodecasyllabic verse.