Hilarion imperial protospatharios and ek prosopou of Samos (ninth/tenth century)
Obverse
Cross potent on four steps, the arms ending in pellets. Along the border of dots, inscription.
ΚΕΟΗΘΗΤΣΔΟΥΛ
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΙΛΡ
ΗΟΝˊΣΠ
Ρ,ΕΚΠΡ
ΟΣΠΤΗ
ΣΣΜ,
Ἱλαρήον βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐκ προσώπου τῆς Σάμου
Obverse
Cross potent on four steps, the arms ending in pellets. Along the border of dots, inscription.
ΚΕΟΗΘΗΤΣΔΟΥΛ
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΙΛΡ
ΗΟΝˊΣΠ
Ρ,ΕΚΠΡ
ΟΣΠΤΗ
ΣΣΜ,
Ἱλαρήον βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐκ προσώπου τῆς Σάμου
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.808 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 23.0 mm; field: 21.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 44.1. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἱλαρήον βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἐκ προσώπου τῆς Σάμου.
Lord, help your servant Hilarion imperial protospatharios and ek prosopou of Samos.
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)
- Samos in frühchristlicher und byzantinischer Zeit (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Βυζαντιακὰ μολυβδόβουλλα τοῦ ἐν ἈΘήναις Ἐθνικοῦ Νομισματικοῦ Μουσείου (Open in Zotero)
- De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
- Monumenta Latrensia Hagiographica (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
- Les îles de l’empire byzantin: VIIIe-XIIe siècles (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
There is no abbreviation mark after Ἱλαρίον, suggesting that the name, being antique, was perceived as foreign and non-declinable.