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Niketas Kaspax (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

St. George and St. Demetrios standing, holding spears and shields. Sigla faintly visible: Γ|Ε (between the heads), |Ρ (at left margin), Η|Τ (at right margin): Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος - Ὁ ἅγιος Δημήτριος. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in six lines. Border of dots. 

ΓΡΑ
ΦΑΣΣΦΡ
ΓΙΖΛΟ
..ΣΝΙΚΗ
ΤΑΤΚΑΣ
ΠΑΚΟΣ

Γραφὰς σφραγίζω καὶ λόγους Νικήτα τοῦ Κάσπακος

Obverse

St. George and St. Demetrios standing, holding spears and shields. Sigla faintly visible: Γ|Ε (between the heads), |Ρ (at left margin), Η|Τ (at right margin): Ὁ ἅγιος Γεώργιος - Ὁ ἅγιος Δημήτριος. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in six lines. Border of dots. 

ΓΡΑ
ΦΑΣΣΦΡ
ΓΙΖΛΟ
..ΣΝΙΚΗ
ΤΑΤΚΑΣ
ΠΑΚΟΣ

Γραφὰς σφραγίζω καὶ λόγους Νικήτα τοῦ Κάσπακος

Accession number BZS.1958.106.4075
Diameter 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Stavrakos, Die byzantinischen Bleisiegel, p. 197; Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 397.

Translation

Γραφὰς σφραγίζω καὶ λόγους Νικήτα τοῦ Κάσπακος.

I seal the letters and correspondence of Niketas Kaspax.

Commentary

Bibliography

  • Die byzantinischen Bleisiegel mit Familiennamen aus der Sammlung des Numismatischen Museums Athen (Open in Zotero)
  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)