Thomas patrikios, genikos logothetes, and kommerkiarios of the apotheke of Thessalonica (726/7)
Obverse
In upper field, two imperial busts holding globus cruciger; each wears chlamys and crown with a cross. On either side, indiction signs: Ι. In lower field, inscription of four lines. Indeterminate border.
ΘΩΜΠΤΡΙ
ΚΙΟΥΓΕΝΙΚ
ΟΥΛΟΓΟΘ
ΕΤΟΥ
Ἰνδικτιὼν ι´ Θωμᾶ πατρικίου, γενικοῦ λογοθέτου
Obverse
In upper field, two imperial busts holding globus cruciger; each wears chlamys and crown with a cross. On either side, indiction signs: Ι. In lower field, inscription of four lines. Indeterminate border.
ΘΩΜΠΤΡΙ
ΚΙΟΥΓΕΝΙΚ
ΟΥΛΟΓΟΘ
ΕΤΟΥ
Ἰνδικτιὼν ι´ Θωμᾶ πατρικίου, γενικοῦ λογοθέτου
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Indeterminate border.
ΚΟΜ
ΜΕΡΚΙ
ΡΙΟΥΠΟ
ΘΗΚΗΣΘΕ
ΣΛΟΝΙ
ΚΙΣ
(καὶ) κομμερκιαρίου ἀποθήκης Θεσαλονίκις
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.170 |
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Diameter | 40.0 mm; field: 27.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 18.49. |
Translation
Ἰνδικτιὼν ι´. Θωμᾶ πατρικίου, γενικοῦ λογοθέτου καὶ κομμερκιαρίου ἀποθήκης Θεσαλονίκις.
Indiction 7. Thomas patrikios, genikos logothetes and kommerkiariois of the apotheke 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. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, Vol. 3, Leo III to Nicephorus III (717–1081) (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (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)
- 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)
Commentary
Zacos-Veglery ascribed this seal to the reign of Leo III. This identification seems correct based on iconographic comparison with Leo's copper coinage, Class 2 (see Grierson, Catalogue, III, 1, no. 29a, pl. III; Grierson has assigned this series of coins to 720-732).