Nikephoros imperial protospatharios and strategos of Cherson (tenth century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on three steps. Circular inscription beginning at twelve o'clock between a double border of dots.
ΚΕΟΗΘΗΤΣΔΟΥΛ,
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΝΙΚΗ
ΦΟΡ,Α,
ΣΠΑΘΑΡΗ
ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓ,
ΧΕΡΣΝΟ
Νικηφόρῳ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθαρήῳ (καὶ) στρατηγ(ῷ) Χερσῶνο(ς)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on three steps. Circular inscription beginning at twelve o'clock between a double border of dots.
ΚΕΟΗΘΗΤΣΔΟΥΛ,
Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΝΙΚΗ
ΦΟΡ,Α,
ΣΠΑΘΑΡΗ
ΣΤΡΑΤΗΓ,
ΧΕΡΣΝΟ
Νικηφόρῳ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθαρήῳ (καὶ) στρατηγ(ῷ) Χερσῶνο(ς)
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.969 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 21.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 82.20. See also Alekseyenko, L'administration byzantine de Cherson, no. 34 (1) with parallels. |
| Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικηφόρῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρήῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Χερσῶνος.
Lord, help your servant Nikephoros imperial protospatharios and strategos of Cherson.
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)
- Die byzantinischen Bleisiegel in Österreich, Vol. 1, Kaiserhof (Open in Zotero)
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- Ioannis Scylitzae Synopsis historiarum (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- L’administration byzantine de Cherson: catalogue des sceaux (Open in Zotero)
- Archaeology and the History of Cherson (Open in Zotero)
- Svincovye pečati vizantijskogo Hersona (Open in Zotero)
- Pečati Hersonskoj Femy (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
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- Sceaux byzantins inédits (Open in Zotero)
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Commentary
Schlumberger, Sig., 236-37 and Birch, no. 17792, assigned (one or two) seal(s) of a certain Nikephoros Kasiteras (but the name should be read as "Iasites": Seibt, Bleisiegel, 139-40), protospatharios and strategos of Cherson, to the tenth century; but it is clear that they date from the eleventh. Cf. Sokolova, Monety, nos. 56-56a.