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Synetos (and) Niketas apo eparchon, general kommerkiarioi of Lazike (711/2)

 
 

Obverse

Emperor Philippikos standing frontally wearing a crown and a loros and holding a globus cruciger in his right hand. Indiction signs on either side: . Circular inscription, beginning at twelve o'clock. No visible border.

...ετνικητ-........ων

[Συν]ετοῦ καὶ Νικήτα, [ἀπὸ ἐπάρχ]ων

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Indeterminate border.

γενι
κονκομ
μερκιρ
ιωνποθη
κησλζ
ι...

γενικον κομμερκιαρίων ἀποθήκης Λαζι[κῆς]

Obverse

Emperor Philippikos standing frontally wearing a crown and a loros and holding a globus cruciger in his right hand. Indiction signs on either side: . Circular inscription, beginning at twelve o'clock. No visible border.

...ετνικητ-........ων

[Συν]ετοῦ καὶ Νικήτα, [ἀπὸ ἐπάρχ]ων

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Indeterminate border.

γενι
κονκομ
μερκιρ
ιωνποθη
κησλζ
ι...

γενικον κομμερκιαρίων ἀποθήκης Λαζι[κῆς]

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4392
Diameter 32.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 35.2; Zacos-Veglery, no. 208.

Translation

Ἰνδικτιὼν ι᾽.     Συνετοῦ καὶ Νικήτα, ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων γενικον κομμερκιαρίων ἀποθήκης Λαζικῆς.

Indiction 10.     Synetos and Niketas apo eparchon, general kommerkiarioi of Lazike.

Commentary

The date of this seal, established by the previous editors, is supported by the career of its owners, outlined in Zacos-Veglery, 156, table 11.

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