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Constantine spatharokoubikoularios and logariastes τῶν Ἐλευθερίου (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

The Mother of God standing as in prayer (on a dais?). Sigla faintly visible to left and right: Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines followed by decoration. Border of dots.

ΘΚ...Η.
Κ.ΣΠΘ
Κ.ΚSΛΟ
ΓΡΙΣΤ
.ΝΕΛΕΥ
ΘΕΡΙ.


Θ(εοτό)κ[ε βο]ή[θ(ει)] Κω[ν(σταντίνῳ)] σπαθ(αρο)κουβ[ι]κ(ουλαρίῳ) (καὶ) λογαριαστ(ῇ) [τ]ῶν Ἐλευθερί[ου]

Obverse

The Mother of God standing as in prayer (on a dais?). Sigla faintly visible to left and right: Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines followed by decoration. Border of dots.

ΘΚ...Η.
Κ.ΣΠΘ
Κ.ΚSΛΟ
ΓΡΙΣΤ
.ΝΕΛΕΥ
ΘΕΡΙ.


Θ(εοτό)κ[ε βο]ή[θ(ει)] Κω[ν(σταντίνῳ)] σπαθ(αρο)κουβ[ι]κ(ουλαρίῳ) (καὶ) λογαριαστ(ῇ) [τ]ῶν Ἐλευθερί[ου]

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1761
Diameter 31.0 mm; field: 22.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 5 no. 24.4.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Κωνσταντίνῳ σπαθαροκουβικουλαρίῳ καὶ λογαριαστῇ τῶν Ἐλευθερίου.

Mother of God, help Constantine spatharokoubikoularios and logariastes ton Eleutheriou.

Commentary

In the eleventh century oversight of financial affairs in various sekreta came to be exercised by officials called logariastai (comptrollers), who are first attested in 1012 (Oikonomides, Évolution, 140; ODB 3: 1244–45).

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 5: The East (continued), Constantinople and Environs, Unknown Locations, Addenda, Uncertain Readings (Open in Zotero)
  • L’évolution de l’organisation administrative de l’empire byzantin au XIe siècle (1025–1118) (Open in Zotero)
  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)