Kosmas imperial spatharios and kommerkiarios of Thessalonica (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.
ΚΟΣΜ
Β/ΣΠΘ/ΚΟΜ
ΜΕΡΚ/ΘΕΣΣ
ΑΛΟΝΙΚ/
Κοσμᾷ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ κομμερκιαρίῳ Θεσσαλονίκης
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.166 |
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Diameter | 27.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 18.38a. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κοσμᾷ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ κομμερκιαρίῳ Θεσσαλονίκης.
Theotokos, help your servant Kosmas imperial spatharios and kommerkiarios of Thessalonica.
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)
- Le kommerkion d’Abydos, Thessalonique et le commerce bulgare du 9e siècle (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Silk Trade and Production in Byzantium from the Sixth to the Ninth Century: The Seals of Kommerkiarioi (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Bleisiegel in Berlin (West) (Open in Zotero)
- Recherches sur les douanes à Byzance: L’octava, le "kommerkion" et les commerciares (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Les plus anciens recueils des miracles de Saint Démétrius et la pénétration des Slaves dans les Balkans (Open in Zotero)
- L’éparque de Thessalonique: les origines d'une institution administrative (VIIIe-IXe siècles) (Open in Zotero)
Parallel Seals
- Kosmas imperial spatharios and kommerkiarios of Thessalonica (ninth century)
- Kosmas imperial spatharios and kommerkiarios of Thessalonica (ninth century)
- Kosmas imperial spatharios and kommerkiarios of Thessalonica (ninth century)
- Kosmas imperial spatharios and kommerkiarios of Thessalonica (ninth century)
- Kosmas imperial spatharios and kommerkiarios of Thessalonica (ninth century)
- Kosmas imperial spatharios and kommerkiarios of Thessalonica (ninth century)
- Kosmas imperial spatharios and kommerkiarios of Thessalonica (ninth century)
Commentary
This is one of eight seals in the DO collection attributed to the same owner, quite possibly the rapacious merchant Kosmas, who together with his colleague Staurakios provoked the Bulgaro-Byzantine war of 894; cf. Oikonomides, Abydos.