Christopher imperial protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou and domestic of the Optimatoi (tenth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram consisting of Θ in center, and Ω below, Κ at left, Ρ (and Υ) at the top. The right end is not visible. In the quarters, the margins of which are decorated with floral designs, a partially preserved inscription : ΧΡΙΣ..|ΦΟ.. . Border of dots.
Κύριε βοήθει Χρισ[το]φό[ρῳ]
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram consisting of Θ in center, and Ω below, Κ at left, Ρ (and Υ) at the top. The right end is not visible. In the quarters, the margins of which are decorated with floral designs, a partially preserved inscription : ΧΡΙΣ..|ΦΟ.. . Border of dots.
Κύριε βοήθει Χρισ[το]φό[ρῳ]
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
+ˊˊΣΠ
ΕΠΗΤ
ΧΡΥΣΟΤ
ΟΜΕΣΤ
ΟΠΤΗ
β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπ[αθ(αρίῳ)] ἐπὴ τ[οῦ] Χρυσο(τρι)[κλίνου καὶ δ]ομεστ(ίκῳ) [τ(ῶν) Ὀ]πτι[μάτ(ων)]
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.961 |
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Diameter | 23.0 mm; field: 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 71.5. Laurent, Corpus II, no. 826. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Χριστοφόρῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλίνου καὶ δομεστίκῳ τῶν Ὀπτιμάτων.
Lord, help Christopher imperial protospatharios, epi tou Chrysotriklinou and domestic of the Optimatoi.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- 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)
- Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This is the same man attested on BZS.1958.106.1534.