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Constantine (imperial?) spatharios and chartoularios of the Thrakesioi (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. George holding a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left hand. Inscription in two columns: |γ|ε-ω| : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώ[ργιος]. No visible border.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. No visible border.

κ
ταντ
.αθ,Sχ.
ρτλ,τν
θρακη
σˊ

Κω[νσ]ταντ(ίνῳ) [β(ασιλικῷ) σπ]αθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) χ[α]ρτουλ(αρίῳ) τῶν Θρᾳκησ(ίων).

Obverse

Bust of St. George holding a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left hand. Inscription in two columns: |γ|ε-ω| : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γεώ[ργιος]. No visible border.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. No visible border.

κ
ταντ
.αθ,Sχ.
ρτλ,τν
θρακη
σˊ

Κω[νσ]ταντ(ίνῳ) [β(ασιλικῷ) σπ]αθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) χ[α]ρτουλ(αρίῳ) τῶν Θρᾳκησ(ίων).

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2336
Diameter 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 2.1.

Translation

Κωνσταντίνῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ χαρτουλαρίῳ τῶν Θρᾳκησίων.

Constantine, imperial spatharios and chartoularios of the Thrakesioi.

Commentary

Constantine's title could as well be resotred as (πρωτο)σπαθαρίῳ.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
  • Constantini Porphyrogeniti De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
  • Theophanis Chronographia (Open in Zotero)
  • L’histoire et la géographie de la région de Smyrne entre les deux occupations turques (1081-1317), particulièrement au XIIIe siècle (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • “Thrakien” und “Thrakesion” (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)