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Basil imperial spatharokandidatos and strategos of the Boukellarioi (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Indeterminate border. Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: τ-σο|δ.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

Βασ
ηBσ.αθκ.
νδιδSστρα
.γτνB
....

Βασ[ιλ]ήῳ β(ασιλκῳ) σ[π]αθ(αρο)κ[α]νδιδ(άτῳ) (καὶ) στρα[τη]γῷ τῶν Βου[κελλ(αρίων)].

Obverse

Indeterminate border. Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: τ-σο|δ.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

Βασ
ηBσ.αθκ.
νδιδSστρα
.γτνB
....

Βασ[ιλ]ήῳ β(ασιλκῳ) σ[π]αθ(αρο)κ[α]νδιδ(άτῳ) (καὶ) στρα[τη]γῷ τῶν Βου[κελλ(αρίων)].

Accession number BZS.1958.106.2551
Diameter 27.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no 1.26.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Βασιλήῳ βασιλκῳ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Βουκελλαρίων.

Mother of God, help your servant Basil, imperial spatharokandidatos and strategos of the Boukellarioi.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
  • Galatien und Lykaonien (Open in Zotero)
  • De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
  • Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)