Nicholas Spanopoulos, judge of the Hippodrome and of the Optimatoi (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of a bishop-saint (St. Nicholas) blessing and holding book. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of seven lines preceded by decoration. Border of dots.
+ΝΙΚΟ.
ΑΣΠΑΘ,ΚΡ.
Τ,ΕΠΙΤΙΠ.
.ΡΟΜ,ΤΟ.
.ΠΤΙΜΑΤ
ΟΣΠΑΝΟΠ,
Λ
Νικόλαος πρωτοσπαθάριος, κριτὴς ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἰπποδρόμου καὶ τον Ὀπτιμάτων ὁ Σπανοπούλος
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.2925 |
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Diameter | 31.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 71.26. |
Translation
Νικόλαος πρωτοσπαθάριος, κριτὴς ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἰπποδρόμου καὶ τον Ὀπτιμάτων ὁ Σπανόπουλος.
Nicholas Spanopoulos, protospatharios, judge of the Hippodrome and 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)
- Die byzantinischen Bleisiegel in Österreich, Vol. 1, Kaiserhof (Open in Zotero)
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (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
For the Spanopoulos family, cf. Seibt, Blesiegel, no. 150, where the present specimen also appears. See also DOSeals 2.40.16.