Bardas imperial spatharokandidatos, chartoularios and epoptes of the Peloponnesos (tenth century)
Obverse
Cross with flaring arms, each end decorated with three pellets, on three steps. Circular inscription along a border of dots.
ΚΕΟΗΘΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ/
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΑΡΔΑ
ΣΠΑΘΚΑΝ
ΔΧΑΡΤ,ΕΠ
ΟΠΤ,ΠΕΛΟΠ
ΟΝΝΗΣ
Βάρδᾳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ, χαρτουλαρίῳ καὶ ἐποπτῃ Πελοποννήσου
Obverse
Cross with flaring arms, each end decorated with three pellets, on three steps. Circular inscription along a border of dots.
ΚΕΟΗΘΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ/
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΑΡΔΑ
ΣΠΑΘΚΑΝ
ΔΧΑΡΤ,ΕΠ
ΟΠΤ,ΠΕΛΟΠ
ΟΝΝΗΣ
Βάρδᾳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ, χαρτουλαρίῳ καὶ ἐποπτῃ Πελοποννήσου
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.1370 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 23.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 22.6. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Βάρδᾳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ, χαρτουλαρίῳ καὶ ἐποπτῃ Πελοποννήσου.
Lord, help your servant Bardas, imperial spatharokandidatos, chartoularios and epoptes of the Peloponnesos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- La Morée franque: Recherches historiques, topographiques et archéologiques sur la principauté d’Achaïe (1205-1430) (Open in Zotero)
- Die Skleroi: Eine prosopographisch-sigillographische Studie (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanis Chronographia (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Realities of Byzantine Provincial Government: Hellas and Peloponnesos, 1180-1205 (Open in Zotero)