Michael spatharokandidatos and tourmarches of Strobilos (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. George holding α spear and round shield. Inscription in two columns: |.ε|ορ|γ,|ο,: Ὁ ἅγιος Γεόργιος. No visible border.
Obverse
Bust of St. George holding α spear and round shield. Inscription in two columns: |.ε|ορ|γ,|ο,: Ὁ ἅγιος Γεόργιος. No visible border.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
...ΧΑΗ
...ΠΑΘΚΑ
..ΔΤΡ
.ΑΡΧΣΤ
ΡΟΙΛ
Μιχαὴλ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ τρουμάρχῃ Στροβίλου
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5080 |
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Diameter | 25.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 80.3. |
Translation
Μιχαὴλ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ τρουμάρχῃ Στροβίλου.
Michael imperial spatharokandidatos and toumarches of Strobilos.
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)
- Μελέται περὶ τῆς διοικητικῆς διαιρέσεως καὶ τῆς ἐπαρχιακῆς διοικήσεως ἐν τῷ βυζαντινῷ κράτει (Open in Zotero)
- Strobilos and Related Sites (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Strobilos (today Aspat or Çufut kalesi) is a port and fortress on a conical hill overlooking the straits between the Karian coast and Kos; it is attested from the 8th century onward. It was the seat of an archon; in the 11th century at least, it became the seat of a tourmarches (DO Seals 2, no. 80.2 and 80.3). See Zakythinos, Meletai 25, 148-49; C. Foss, "Strobilos and Related Sites," Anatolian Studies 38 (1988) 147-74; ODB III, 1667-68.