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Sergios imperial spatharokandidatos and kommerkiarios of Cherson (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on three steps. Circular inscription between two borders of dots.

κεο.θ..σδλ,

Κ(ύρι)ε βο[ή]θ(ει) [τῷ] σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of five lines preceded by row of three pellets. Border of dots.

· · ·
σεργι
σπθ
ροκνδ
κομερκ
χερσον/

Σεργίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθαροκανδ(ιδάτῳ) (καὶ) κομερκ(ιαρίῳ) Χερσόν(ος)

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on three steps. Circular inscription between two borders of dots.

κεο.θ..σδλ,

Κ(ύρι)ε βο[ή]θ(ει) [τῷ] σῷ δούλ(ῳ)

Reverse

Inscription of five lines preceded by row of three pellets. Border of dots.

· · ·
σεργι
σπθ
ροκνδ
κομερκ
χερσον/

Σεργίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθαροκανδ(ιδάτῳ) (καὶ) κομερκ(ιαρίῳ) Χερσόν(ος)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.232
Diameter 23.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 82.9; see also Alekseyenko, L'administration Byzantine de Cherson, no. 107 (3). Similar seals from the same boulloterion are published by Laurent, Orghidan, no. 258 (= Sokolova, Monety, no. 37) and by Sokolova, Monety, no. 38.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Σεργίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ κομερκιαρίῳ Χερσόνος.

Lord, help your servant Sergios imperial spatharokandidatos and kommerkiarios of Cherson.

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