N. Chryselios (?) imperial protospatharios, judge of the Hippodrome and of Drougoubiteia (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas blessing and holding book. Inscription in two columns: |..Κ|Λ: Ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas blessing and holding book. Inscription in two columns: |..Κ|Λ: Ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of at least seven lines followed by decoration. Border of dots.
ΑΣΠΑ
.ΡΙΤ,ΕΠΙΤ
.ΟΔΡΟΜ
.ΤΗΣΔΡΓ,
...ΙΑΣΤ
.ΥΛΟΙ
..... βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ κριτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἱπποδρόμου (καὶ) τῆς Δρουγουβητίας τῷ Χρυσυλοίῳ (?)
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.2195 |
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Diameter | 23.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 21.3. |
Translation
..... βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ κριτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἱπποδρόμου καὶ τῆς Δρουγουβητίας τῷ Χρυσυλοίῳ (?).
N. Chryselios (?) imperial protospatharios, judge of the Hippodrome and of Drougoubiteia.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
- Vesti Dimitrija Homatijana o vlasti Druguvita (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Actes d’Iviron (Open in Zotero)
- A Collection of Dated Byzantine Lead Seals (Open in Zotero)
- De expugnatione Thessalonicae (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The reading of the family name is very doubtful. The proposed reconstruction is based on the assumption that at the beginning of the last line there was the ligature ☧.