Anthimos hypatos, imperial asekretis, general kommerkiarios, and archon of the blattion (780-797)
Obverse
Bust of Constantine VI at left, shown beardless and wearing chlamys and crown; at the right, his mother Eirene, wearing the loros and the crown of an empress with pendilia and triangular projections at the top. No border visible.
Reverse
Busts of three emperors, each bearded and wearing a chlamys: from left to right, Constantine V, Leo III, and Leo IV. In the lower field, an inscription of four lines. No border visible.
.νθιμυπˊΒˋσ
..ρ⸊γενικ⸊κομ
.ερκ⸊ρχ⸊τ
......
[Ἀ]νθίμῳ ὑπ(άτῳ) β(ασιλικῷ) ἀσ[ηκ]ρ(ῆτις), γενικ[ῷ] κομ[μ]ερκ(ιαρίῳ) (καὶ) ἄρχ(οντι) τ(οῦ) [βλ]α[ττίου]
Obverse
Bust of Constantine VI at left, shown beardless and wearing chlamys and crown; at the right, his mother Eirene, wearing the loros and the crown of an empress with pendilia and triangular projections at the top. No border visible.
Reverse
Busts of three emperors, each bearded and wearing a chlamys: from left to right, Constantine V, Leo III, and Leo IV. In the lower field, an inscription of four lines. No border visible.
.νθιμυπˊΒˋσ
..ρ⸊γενικ⸊κομ
.ερκ⸊ρχ⸊τ
......
[Ἀ]νθίμῳ ὑπ(άτῳ) β(ασιλικῷ) ἀσ[ηκ]ρ(ῆτις), γενικ[ῷ] κομ[μ]ερκ(ιαρίῳ) (καὶ) ἄρχ(οντι) τ(οῦ) [βλ]α[ττίου]
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1744 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 33.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | Oikonomides, Dated Seals, no. 42; Zacos-Veglery, no. 275; Laurent, Corpus II, no. 658. |
| Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Ἀνθίμῳ ὑπάτῳ βασιλικῷ άσηκρῆτις, γενικῷ κομμερκιαρίῳ καὶ ἄρχοντι τοῦ βλαττίου.
Anthimos hypatos, imperial asekretis, general kommerkiarios, and archon of the blattion.
Bibliography
- A Collection of Dated Byzantine Lead Seals (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)