John imperial protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou and strategos of Cherson (tenth century)
Obverse
Bust of St. John the Theologian. Inscription in two columns: |Ι|ΟΘ|Ε|.|. : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Θε[ολ(όγος)]. No visible border.
Obverse
Bust of St. John the Theologian. Inscription in two columns: |Ι|ΟΘ|Ε|.|. : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Θε[ολ(όγος)]. No visible border.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. No visible border.
.ι.ν
ˊαˊσπαθˊε
τ,χρυσοτρι
ληνστρατ,
χερσον
Ἰω[ά]ν[ν(ης)] β(ασιλικὸς) (πρωτο)σπαθ(άριος) ἐ[π(ὶ)] τ(οῦ) Χρυσοτρι[κ]λήν(ου) (καὶ) στρατ(ηγὸς) Χερσόν(ος)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.355 |
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Diameter | 21.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 82.16. Alekseyenko, L'administration Byzantine de Cherson, no. 76. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Ἰωάννης βασιλικὸς πρωτοσπαθάριος ἐπὶ τοῦ Χρυσοτρικλήνου καὶ στρατηγὸς Χερσόνος.
John imperial protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou and strategos of Cherson.
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)
- Monety i pečati vizantijskogo Hersona (Open in Zotero)
- L’administration byzantine de Cherson: catalogue des sceaux (Open in Zotero)
- Archaeology and the History of Cherson (Open in Zotero)
- De Administrando Imperio (Open in Zotero)
- Nicephori archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani Opuscula historica (Open in Zotero)
- Ioannis Scylitzae Synopsis historiarum (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Svincovye pečati vizantijskogo Hersona (Open in Zotero)
- Pečati Hersonskoj Femy (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- Sceaux byzantins inédits (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This seal is certainly related to Sokolova, Monety, no. 48, which is obviously misread. Another seal of the same type and with the same iconography belonged to a John protospatharios (but not epi tou Chrysotriklinou, ibid., no. 46).
See also the commentary to BZS 1958.106.4036.