Staurakios imperial spatharios and kommerkiarios of Thessalonica (tenth century)
Obverse
A pair of birds walking; bird in foreground, head turned backward, holding branch in its beak; foliage below. Border of dots.
Obverse
A pair of birds walking; bird in foreground, head turned backward, holding branch in its beak; foliage below. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines preceded and followed by a row of three pellets. Border of dots.
···
ΣΤΑΥ
ΡΑΚΙΣ
ΠΑΘ/ΚΟΥ
ΜΕΡΚ,ΘΕ.
ΑΛΟΝΙΚ,
···
Σταυρακίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ κουμερκιαρίῳ Θεσαλονίκης
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.706 |
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Diameter | 17.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 18.44b. |
Translation
Σταυρακίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ κουμερκιαρίῳ Θεσαλονίκης.
Staurakios imperial spatharios and kommerkiarios of Thessalonica.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Silk Trade and Production in Byzantium from the Sixth to the Ninth Century: The Seals of Kommerkiarioi (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Bleisiegel in Berlin (West) (Open in Zotero)
- Le kommerkion d’Abydos, Thessalonique et le commerce bulgare du 9e siècle (Open in Zotero)
- Recherches sur les douanes à Byzance: L’octava, le "kommerkion" et les commerciares (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Les plus anciens recueils des miracles de Saint Démétrius et la pénétration des Slaves dans les Balkans (Open in Zotero)
- L’éparque de Thessalonique: les origines d'une institution administrative (VIIIe-IXe siècles) (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
From the same boulloterion as BZS.1958.106.1316.