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N. spatharokandidatos and strategos of the Armeniakoi (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type); in the lower quarters: δ|λ. Wreath border.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τῷ σῷ] δούλῳ

Reverse

A partially preserved inscription of at least four lines. Wreath border.

.....
.σπθ,
.νδ,Sστ
ρ,τ,γ,το/
.ρε

... σπαθ(αρο)[κ]ανδ(ιδάτῳ) (καὶ) στρ(α)τ(η)γ(ῷ) το(ν) [Ἀ]ρμε(νιακῶν)

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (indeterminate type); in the lower quarters: δ|λ. Wreath border.

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τῷ σῷ] δούλῳ

Reverse

A partially preserved inscription of at least four lines. Wreath border.

.....
.σπθ,
.νδ,Sστ
ρ,τ,γ,το/
.ρε

... σπαθ(αρο)[κ]ανδ(ιδάτῳ) (καὶ) στρ(α)τ(η)γ(ῷ) το(ν) [Ἀ]ρμε(νιακῶν)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.809
Diameter 17.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 22.56.

Translation

Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ [...] σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τον Ἀρμενιακῶν.

Lord or Mother of God, help your servant ... spatharokandidatos and strategos of the Armeniakoi.

Commentary

The seal of Theodore, imperial spatharokandidatos and strategos of the Armeniakoi, dated to the second half of the eighth century, is published in Seyrig, no. 167.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • The Armeniac Theme and the Fate of Its Leaders (Open in Zotero)
  • Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
  • Istoriceskoe znacenie italo-greceskoj ikonopisi: Izobra zenija Bogomatera v prozvedenijah italo-greceskih ikonopiscev i ih vlijanie na kompozicii nekotoryh proslavlennyh russkih ikon (Open in Zotero)