Kalos, imperial spatharokandidatos and tourmarches of Kourikos (tenth century)
Obverse
Griffin, facing right. Circular inscription within border of dots, beginning at twelve o'clock.
.ΕΟΗΘΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ
[Κ(ύρι)]ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Griffin, facing right. Circular inscription within border of dots, beginning at twelve o'clock.
.ΕΟΗΘΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ
[Κ(ύρι)]ε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
Κ.ΛΟ,
ΣΠΑΘ,ΚΑΝ
ΔΙΔΤΟΥ
ΡΜΑΡΧΗΚ
ΡΗΚΟ
Κ[α]λὸ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρο)κανδιδ(άτῳ) (καὶ) τουρμάρχῃ Κουρήκο(υ).
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5274 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 5 no. 8.1 |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Καλὸ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ τουρμάρχῃ Κουρήκου.
Lord, help your servant Kalos imperial spatharokandidatos and tourmarches of Kourikos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 5: The East (continued), Constantinople and Environs, Unknown Locations, Addenda, Uncertain Readings (Open in Zotero)
- Kilikien und Isaurien (Open in Zotero)
- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Initially an important naval base in the coastal theme of the Kibyrrhaiotai, Korykos was a tourma of Seleukeia during the ninth and tenth centuries. See Hild-Hellenkemper, Kilikien und Isaurien, 315–30; ODB 2:1150.