Sergios imperial spatharokandidatos and kommerkiarios of Cherson (tenth century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on three steps. Circular inscription between two borders of dots.
κεο.θ..σδλ,
Κ(ύρι)ε βο[ή]θ(ει) [τῷ] σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on three steps. Circular inscription between two borders of dots.
κεο.θ..σδλ,
Κ(ύρι)ε βο[ή]θ(ει) [τῷ] σῷ δούλ(ῳ)
Reverse
Inscription of five lines preceded by row of three pellets. Border of dots.
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σεργι
σπθ
ροκνδ
κομερκ
χερσον/
Σεργίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθαροκανδ(ιδάτῳ) (καὶ) κομερκ(ιαρίῳ) Χερσόν(ος)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.232 |
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Diameter | 23.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 82.9; see also Alekseyenko, L'administration Byzantine de Cherson, no. 107 (3). Similar seals from the same boulloterion are published by Laurent, Orghidan, no. 258 (= Sokolova, Monety, no. 37) and by Sokolova, Monety, no. 38. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Σεργίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ κομερκιαρίῳ Χερσόνος.
Lord, help your servant Sergios imperial spatharokandidatos and kommerkiarios of Cherson.
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