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Theophylaktos kommerkiarios of Chaldia (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: τ-σ|δ-λ. Wreath border.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.

θεοφυ
λκτκo
μερ/χ
λδι/

Θεοφυλάκτῳ κομερκ(ιαρίῳ) Χαλδία(ς)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: τ-σ|δ-λ. Wreath border.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.

θεοφυ
λκτκo
μερ/χ
λδι/

Θεοφυλάκτῳ κομερκ(ιαρίῳ) Χαλδία(ς)

Accession number BZS.1958.106.3037
Diameter 25.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 32.29e.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοφυλάκτῳ κομερκιαρίῳ Χαλδίας.

Mother of God, help your servant Theophylaktos, kommerkiarios of Chaldia.

Commentary

The reading of this broken seal has been restored with reference to its better preserved counterparts from the same boulloterion.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Βυζαντιακὰ μολυβδόβουλλα. Ἡ συλλογὴ Ἀναστασίου Κ. Π. Σταμούλη (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos (Open in Zotero)
  • De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)