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Constantine vestarches, judge of the Velum and of the Thrakesioi (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of five lines with decoration above, the final two letters between bars. Border of dots.


+κεRοη
.ειτσ
.λκν
.ταντι
ν

Κ(ύρι)ε βοη[θ]ει τῷ σῷ [δ]ούλῳ Κων[σ]ταντίνῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, the final letters between bars. Border of dots.

R..ταρ
χη...τη
τRηλκ
τ.νθρακ.
σιν–

β[εσ]τάρχῃ, [κρι]τῇ τοῦ βήλου κ(αὶ) τ[ῶ]ν Θρᾳκ[η]σίων

Obverse

Inscription of five lines with decoration above, the final two letters between bars. Border of dots.


+κεRοη
.ειτσ
.λκν
.ταντι
ν

Κ(ύρι)ε βοη[θ]ει τῷ σῷ [δ]ούλῳ Κων[σ]ταντίνῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, the final letters between bars. Border of dots.

R..ταρ
χη...τη
τRηλκ
τ.νθρακ.
σιν–

β[εσ]τάρχῃ, [κρι]τῇ τοῦ βήλου κ(αὶ) τ[ῶ]ν Θρᾳκ[η]σίων

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1088
Diameter 26.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 2.12.

Translation

Κύριε βοηθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ βεστάρχῃ, κριτῇ τοῦ βήλου καὶ τῶν Θρᾳκησίων.

Lord, help your servant Constantine vestarches, judge of the Velum and of the Thrakesioi.

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)
  • Constantini Porphyrogeniti De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae (Open in Zotero)
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  • Theophanis Chronographia (Open in Zotero)
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  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • “Thrakien” und “Thrakesion” (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)