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Constantine imperial spatharios and droungarios of Aigaion Pelagos (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters; ..Σ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription. Wreath border.

κν
τα..β/σ
πα..δ
ρονε
γ/πελ/

Κωνσταντίνῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ δρονγαρίῳ τοῦ Ἐγαίου Πελάγους

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters; ..Σ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription. Wreath border.

κν
τα..β/σ
πα..δ
ρονε
γ/πελ/

Κωνσταντίνῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ δρονγαρίῳ τοῦ Ἐγαίου Πελάγους

Accession number BZS.1958.106.3667
Diameter 30.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 40.6.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ δρονγαρίῳ τοῦ Ἐγαίου Πελάγους.

Mother of God, help your servant Constantine imperial spatharios and droungarios of Aigaion Pelagos.

Commentary

Bibliography

  • 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)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • Methodii Patriarchae Constantinopolitani Vita S. Theophanis Confessoris: e codice mosquensi no. 159 (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)