Nicholas ek prosopou of the Optimatoi (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross (X at crossing of lower arm) on three steps, the ends of the lower cross have pellets; fleurons arise from base (up to and slightly beyond lower arm). Along the circumference, an inscription. Border of dots.
+ΚΕΟΗΘ.Τ......ΛΟ
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ι) τ[ῷ σῷ δού]λο
Obverse
Patriarchal cross (X at crossing of lower arm) on three steps, the ends of the lower cross have pellets; fleurons arise from base (up to and slightly beyond lower arm). Along the circumference, an inscription. Border of dots.
+ΚΕΟΗΘ.Τ......ΛΟ
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ι) τ[ῷ σῷ δού]λο
Reverse
Inscription of four lines with decoration above. Indeterminate border.
...ΟΛ
Α.ΕΚΠΡ,
ΣΟΠΟΤΟ
ΠΤΗΜ
[Νικ]ολά[ῳ] ἐκ πρ(ο)σόπο(υ) το(ν) Ὀπτημ(άτων)
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.2358 |
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Diameter | 23.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 71.20. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθι τῷ σῷ δούλό Νικολάῳ ἐκ προσόπου τον Ὀπτημάτων.
Lord, help your servant Nicholas, ek prosopou 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 spelling of the title is ambiguous: ἐκπροσώπο(υ) or ἐκπροσώπῳ in one word?