Symeon imperial spatharios and strategos of the Thrakesioi (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: τ-σ|δ-λ. Wreath border.
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII); in the quarters: τ-σ|δ-λ. Wreath border.
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Wreath border:
+συμε
νβ/σπ/S
στρτ/τ/
θρκισ/
Συμεὼν β(ασιλικῷ) σπ(αθαρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατ(ηγῷ) τ(ῶν) Θρᾳκισ(ίων)
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.3406 |
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Diameter | 28.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 2.51b. Zacos-Veglery, no. 2406. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Συμεὼν βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Θρᾳκισίων.
Lord, help your servant Symeon, imperial spatharios and strategos of the Thrakesioi.
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)
- Constantini Porphyrogeniti De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanis Chronographia (Open in Zotero)
- L’histoire et la géographie de la région de Smyrne entre les deux occupations turques (1081-1317), particulièrement au XIIIe siècle (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- “Thrakien” und “Thrakesion” (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This seal, BZS.1958.106.881, and BZS.1958.106.5482 all come from the same boulloterion that may have undergone retooling.