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Michael imperial spatharokandidatos and archon of Cyprus (ninth/tenth century)

 
 
title

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin holding the medallion of Christ before her. No sigla. Traces of circular inscription along the circumference. Border of dots.

ΘΚΕΟΗΘ.ΣΔΟΥΛ,

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

title

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΜΙΧΑ
ΗΛ,ΣΠΑΘ,
ΚΑΝΔ,ΑΡ
ΧΟΝΤΗΤ/
ΚΥΠΡΟΥ

Μιχαὴλ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ ἄρχοντη τῆς Κύπρου

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin holding the medallion of Christ before her. No sigla. Traces of circular inscription along the circumference. Border of dots.

ΘΚΕΟΗΘ.ΣΔΟΥΛ,

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΜΙΧΑ
ΗΛ,ΣΠΑΘ,
ΚΑΝΔ,ΑΡ
ΧΟΝΤΗΤ/
ΚΥΠΡΟΥ

Μιχαὴλ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ ἄρχοντη τῆς Κύπρου

Accession number BZS.1958.106.5077
Diameter 23.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 38.1.
Cf. a parallel specimen, coming from the same boulloterion, published by Zacos, Seals II, no. 852.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μιχαὴλ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ ἄρχοντη τῆς Κύπρου.

Mother of God, help your servant Michael imperial spatharokandidatos and archon of Cyprus.

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. 2 (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantium and Islam in Cyprus in the Early Middle Ages (Open in Zotero)
  • The Nature of the Arab-Byzantine Relations in Cyprus from the Middle of the 7th to the Middle of the 10th Century A.D. (Open in Zotero)
  • The Church of Cyprus during the Period of the Arab Wars, 649-965 (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Synodikon de l’orthodoxie: Édition et commentaire (Open in Zotero)
  • Ἡ Κύπρος καὶ οἱ Ἄραβες (Open in Zotero)
  • Σημειώσεις Ἀναφερόμεναι Εἰς Τῆν Ἱστορίαν Τῆς Βυζαντινῆς Κύπρου (Open in Zotero)
  • Les îles de l’empire byzantin: VIIIe-XIIe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)