Nicholas Rhadenos, imperial protospatharios and judge of Lykandos (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God holding the Christ child on her left arm. Sigla: -θ̅υ : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of the Mother of God holding the Christ child on her left arm. Sigla: -θ̅υ : Μή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, decorations above and below. Border of dots.
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Νικόλαο(ς) β(ασιλικὸς) (πρωτο)σπαθάρ(ιος) (καὶ) κριτ(ὴς) το<υ> Λεικανδ(οῦ) ὁ Ραδιν(ός)
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.655 |
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Diameter | 28.0 mm; field: 25.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 53.3a. See also PBW : Nikolaos 20133. |
Translation
Νικόλαος βασιλικὸς πρωτοσπαθάριος καὶ κριτὴς τοῦ Λεικανδοῦ ὁ ῾Ραδινός.
Nicholas Rhadenos, imperial protospatharios and judge of Lykandos.
Bibliography
- De Administrando Imperio (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Michaelis Attaliotae Historia (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Sfragistika (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This seal and BZS.1951.31.5.539 come from the same boulloterion. They date from the middle of the eleventh century.