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Photios imperial protospatharios epi ton oikeiakon and kommerkiarios of Chaldia (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Sphinx facing right. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a tendril decoration above. Border of dots.


φτη
αˊσπαθˊεπ.
οικιακS..
ερκια..
αλδιασ

Φωτήῳ (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) ἐπ[ὶ] [τ(ῶν)] οἰκιακ(ῶν) (καὶ) [κομ]ερκια[ρί]ῳ [Χ]αλδίας

Obverse

Sphinx facing right. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a tendril decoration above. Border of dots.


φτη
αˊσπαθˊεπ.
οικιακS..
ερκια..
αλδιασ

Φωτήῳ (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) ἐπ[ὶ] [τ(ῶν)] οἰκιακ(ῶν) (καὶ) [κομ]ερκια[ρί]ῳ [Χ]αλδίας

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1843
Diameter 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 32.25.

G. Galvaris, "Seals of the Byzantine Empire," Archaeology 12 (1959) 267, no. 5.

Translation

Φωτήῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ ἐπὶ τῶν οἰκιακῶν καὶ κομερκιαρίῳ Χαλδίας.

Photios, imperial protospatharios epi ton oikeiakon and kommerkiarios of Chaldia.

Bibliography

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