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John imperial spatharokandidatos and chartoularios of the dromos of the Anatolikoi (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on four steps. Between two borders of dots, circular inscription, beginning at 7 o'clock.

ΚΕΟΗΘΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.

+ΙΩΑΝΝ,
,ΣΠΑΘΑΡ
ΟΚΑΝΔΧΑ
Λ,ΤΔ
ΡΟΜ,Τ,ΑΝ
ΑΤΟΛ

Ἰωάνν βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ χαρτουλαρίῳ τοῦ δρόμου τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on four steps. Between two borders of dots, circular inscription, beginning at 7 o'clock.

ΚΕΟΗΘΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλ

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.

+ΙΩΑΝΝ,
,ΣΠΑΘΑΡ
ΟΚΑΝΔΧΑ
Λ,ΤΔ
ΡΟΜ,Τ,ΑΝ
ΑΤΟΛ

Ἰωάνν βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ χαρτουλαρίῳ τοῦ δρόμου τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν

Accession number BZS.1958.106.5063
Diameter 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 86.11.
Laurent, Corpus II, no. 462.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ χαρτουλαρίῳ τοῦ δρόμου τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν.

Lord, help your servant John, imperial spatharokandidatos and chartoularios of the dromos of the Anatolikoi.

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)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
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  • Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)