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John hypatos and general kommerkiarios of the apotheke of Pamphylia, Pisidia, and Lykia (722/23)

 
 

Obverse

On the upper half, bust of Leo III and Constantine V holding the globus cruciger. On either side the indiction year: . Below, an inscription of two lines. No border visible.

Ι..ΟΥ
Π

νδικτιὼν ς´         Ἰωάννου ὑπάτου

Reverse

Inscription of at least six lines. No border visible.

ΓΕΝΙΚ
ΚΟΜΜΕΡΚ
.ΡΙΠΟΘΗ
.ΗΣΠΜΦΥ
..ΣΠ.Σ

καὶ γενικοῦ κομμερκιαρίου ἀποθήκης Παμφυλίας, Πισσιδίας καὶ Λυκίας?

Obverse

On the upper half, bust of Leo III and Constantine V holding the globus cruciger. On either side the indiction year: . Below, an inscription of two lines. No border visible.

Ι..ΟΥ
Π

νδικτιὼν ς´         Ἰωάννου ὑπάτου

Reverse

Inscription of at least six lines. No border visible.

ΓΕΝΙΚ
ΚΟΜΜΕΡΚ
.ΡΙΠΟΘΗ
.ΗΣΠΜΦΥ
..ΣΠ.Σ

καὶ γενικοῦ κομμερκιαρίου ἀποθήκης Παμφυλίας, Πισσιδίας καὶ Λυκίας?

Accession number BZS.1958.106.672
Diameter 30.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 69.2b.
Zacos-Veglery, no. 225b.

Translation

Ἰνδικτιὼν ςˊ          Ἰωάννου ὑπάτου καὶ γενικοῦ κομμερκιαρίου ἀποθήκης Παμφυλίας, Πισσιδίας καὶ Λυκίας.

Indiction 6. John hypatos and general kommerkiarios of the apotheke of Pamphylia, Pisidia, and Lykia (?).

Commentary

Where comparable, the iconography and lettering of this specimen resemble what we find on BZS.1955.1.4374, but the poor state of this seal prevents confirmation that it is from the same boulloterion. Zacos-Veglery misread the indiction number and dated the specimen in 720/21. John hypatos is well attested as kommerkiarios from 720/21 to 730/31 (Zacos-Veglery, 160, table 14).

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. 1 (Open in Zotero)