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Sergios kommerkiarios of Nikomedeia (eighth/ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

A cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII). Wreath border.

Κύριε βοήθει

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.

+ΣΕ
ΡΓΙΚ
ΟΜΜΕΡ
ΚΙ,ΝΙΚ
ΟΜΙ,

Σεργίῳ κομμερκιαρίῳ Νικομιδείας

Obverse

A cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII). Wreath border.

Κύριε βοήθει

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.

+ΣΕ
ΡΓΙΚ
ΟΜΜΕΡ
ΚΙ,ΝΙΚ
ΟΜΙ,

Σεργίῳ κομμερκιαρίῳ Νικομιδείας

Accession number BZS.1955.1.555
Diameter 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 83a.
Zacos-Veglery, no. 1599.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Σεργίῳ κομμερκιαρίῳ Νικομιδείας.

Lord help Sergios, kommerkiarios of Nikomedeia.

Commentary

We know the seals of two more kommerkiarioi of Nikomedeia: Sig., 246; Zacos-Veglery, no. 1411A.

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)
  • Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
  • Le livre du préfet; ou, L’édit de l’empereur Léon le Sage sur les corporations de Constantinople (Open in Zotero)