Constantine protospatharios and strategos of Cappadocia (tenth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin. Sigla: μ̅ρ-θυ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Traces of a circular inscription within a border of dots:
οηθ
[Θεοτόκε β]οήθ[ει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ]
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.
+κν
.ταντ,α
..αθˋρS
..ρατ.
.αππα,
– –
Κων[σ]ταντ(ίνῳ) (πρωτο)[σπ]αθ(α)ρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) [στ]ρατ(η)[γ(ῷ)] [Κ]αππα(δοκίας)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin. Sigla: μ̅ρ-θυ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Traces of a circular inscription within a border of dots:
οηθ
[Θεοτόκε β]οήθ[ει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ]
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.
+κν
.ταντ,α
..αθˋρS
..ρατ.
.αππα,
– –
Κων[σ]ταντ(ίνῳ) (πρωτο)[σπ]αθ(α)ρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) [στ]ρατ(η)[γ(ῷ)] [Κ]αππα(δοκίας)
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.3114 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 28.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 43.10. |
| Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Καππαδοκίας.
Mother of God, help your servant Constantine, protospatharios and strategos of Cappadocia.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, volume 4: The East
- De Administrando Imperio
- Ermitažnye pečati Filareta Vrahamija
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles
- Kappadokien (Kappadokia, Charsianon, Sebasteia und Lykandos)
- Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των Βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας
- Theophanes Continuatus, Ioannes Cameniata, Symeon Magister, Georgius Monachus
- Le Traité sur la guérilla (De velitatione) de l'empereur Nicéphore Phocas (963-969)
- Histoire de la dynastie des H' amdanides de Jazîra et de Syrie
- Vie et office de S. Michel Maléinos
Commentary
We know of Constantine Maleinos, who was strategos of Cappadocia and became patrikios in the middle of the century. See Theophanes Continuatus, 479-80; Dagron-Mihaescu, 35; Canard, Hamdanides, 802; L. Petit, Vie et office de S. Michel Maléinos (Paris, 1903), 9.