Eustratios (Romaios?) spatharokandidatos and kommerkiarios of Persthlavitza (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding Christ. Sigla: ΜΡΘ: Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines preceded by an ornament. Border of dots.
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ΕΥΣΤΡ
ΣΠΑΘ,Κ,Δ.
ΚΟΜΕΡΚ.
ΠΕΡΣΘΛΑ
.ΑΣΤΟ
.Μ
Εὐστρ(ατίῳ) σπαθ(αρο)κ(αν)δ(ι)[δ(άτῳ)] (καὶ) κομερκ(ια)ρίῳ Περσθλά[β(ι)]τζας το [Ῥ]ωμαίῳ (?)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1750 |
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Diameter | 23.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 78.1b. See also Oikonomides, Presthlavitza, no. 5 (a-b). |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Εὐστρατίῳ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ κομερκιαρίῳ Περσθλάβιτζας το Ῥωμαίῳ (?).
Eustratios Romaios (?), spatharokandidatos and kommerkiarios of Persthlavitza.
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)
- Presthlavitza, the Little Preslav (Open in Zotero)
- Où se trouvait Théodoroupolis, nom consigné sur certains sceaux du Grand Preslav (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This seal is from the same boulloterion as its parallel. See the commentary to that entry (BZS 1947.2.2128).