Christophoros, patrikios, imperial protospatharios, and strategos of Macedonia (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: .Σ|.Λ. No visible border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: .Σ|.Λ. No visible border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of at least five lines. Wreath border.
ΧΡΙΣΤ
ΦΟΡΠΤ
ΚΙΒΣΠ
.ΣΤΡΤΜ.
ΚΕΔΟΝ
Χριστοφόρῳ πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Μακεδονίας
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.2204 |
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Diameter | 29.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 43.25. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Χριστοφόρῳ πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Μακεδονίας.
Theotokos, help your servant Christophoros patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Macedonia.
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)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Philippes et la Macédoine orientale à l’époque chrétienne et byzantine; recherches d’histoire et d’archéologie (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- La Macédoine orientale à l’époque byzantine: à propos d'un livre récent (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanes Continuatus, Ioannes Cameniata, Symeon Magister, Georgius Monachus (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This seal and BZS.1958.106.4491 may have belonged to the same person but are clearly from different boulloteria.