Basil imperial spatharokandidatos and strategos of the Boukellarioi (ninth century)
Obverse
Indeterminate border. Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: τ-σο|δ-λ.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
Βασ
ηBσ.αθκ.
νδιδSστρα
.γτνB
....
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 |
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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)