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
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters; ..Σ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription. Wreath border.
κν
τα..β/σ
πα..δ
ρον.τε
γ/πελ/
Κωνσταντίνῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ δρονγαρίῳ τοῦ Ἐγαίου Πελάγους
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.3667 |
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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.
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)
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