John apo eparchon and general kommerkiarios of the apotheke of Aigaion Pelagos (713/14)
Obverse
Emperor Anastasios II wearing a crown and chlamys, holding a globus cruciger and an akakia. On either side the indiction sign: ΙΒ. Along the circumference a circular inscription. Linear border.
ΙΑΝΝΟΥΑΠΟΕΠΑΡΧ
Ἰνδικτιών ιβ´
Ἰωάννου ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων
Obverse
Emperor Anastasios II wearing a crown and chlamys, holding a globus cruciger and an akakia. On either side the indiction sign: ΙΒ. Along the circumference a circular inscription. Linear border.
ΙΑΝΝΟΥΑΠΟΕΠΑΡΧ
Ἰνδικτιών ιβ´
Ἰωάννου ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Linear border.
SΓΕΝΙ
ΚΟΥΚΟΜΜ
ΕΡΚΙΑΡΙΟΥ
ΑΠΟΘΗΚΗΣ
ΤΟΥΑΙΓΕΟΥ
.ΕΛΑΓΟΥ
καὶ γενικοῦ κομμερκιαρίου ἀποθήκης τοῦ Αἰγέου Πελάγου
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.659 |
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Diameter | 31.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 40.23. |
Translation
Ἰωάννου ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων καὶ γενικοῦ κομμερκιαρίου ἀποθήκης τοῦ Αἰγέου Πελάγου.
(Seal of) John apo eparchon and general kommerkiarios of the apotheke of Aigaion Pelagos.
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)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, Vol. 2, Phocas to Theodosius III (602–717) (Open in Zotero)
- Silk Trade and Production in Byzantium from the Sixth to the Ninth Century: The Seals of Kommerkiarioi (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantium in the Seventh Century: The Transformation of a Culture (Open in Zotero)
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- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Zacos-Veglery correctly identified the emperor as Anastasios II (713-15). The figure matches in all details (style of hair and dress, symbols of power) the representation of this emperor on gold coins (Grierson, Catalogue II/2, pl. XLVI). The form πελάγου instead of πελάγους should be maintained: it echoes common usage and is well attested, cf. DO Seals 2, nos. 40.28, 40.32 (BZS 1955.1.1431 and 1955.1.1596).