Meligalas imperial spatharios and chartoularios of the genikon logothesion (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (probably type V); in the quarters: –Σ|–Λ. Indeterminate border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ [δ]ούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross, a cross decoration above. Indeterminate border.
ΜΕΛΗΓΑ
Β⸉ΣΠΑΘΑΡ
ΡΤΛ⸉Τ
.Λ̣Ο̣ΓΟ.
Μεληγα[λᾷ] β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθαρ(ίῳ) [(καὶ) χα]ρτουλ(αρίῳ) τοῦ [γεν(ικοῦ)] λογο[θεσ(ίου)]
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (probably type V); in the quarters: –Σ|–Λ. Indeterminate border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ [δ]ούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines beginning with a cross, a cross decoration above. Indeterminate border.
ΜΕΛΗΓΑ
Β⸉ΣΠΑΘΑΡ
ΡΤΛ⸉Τ
.Λ̣Ο̣ΓΟ.
Μεληγα[λᾷ] β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθαρ(ίῳ) [(καὶ) χα]ρτουλ(αρίῳ) τοῦ [γεν(ικοῦ)] λογο[θεσ(ίου)]
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.1063 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 28.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | Cf. Laurent, Corpus 2: no. 364. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μεληγαλᾷ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ χαρτουλαρίῳ τοῦ γενικοῦ λογοθεσίου.
Theotokos, help your servant Meligalas imperial spatharios and chartoularios of the genikon logothesion.
Commentary
On Meligalas’s career, see the commentary at BZS.1955.1.1042.
The type of invocative monogram on the obverse is not certain, but Meligalas uses type V on his other seals, so that is probably what appears here.
Although Meligalas’s full office is not legible on this specimen, his other seals record offices in service of the genikon logothesion; see, e.g., imperial spatharokandidatos and chartoularios of the genikon logothesion (BZS.1955.1.1065, and possibly BZS.1955.1.1066); imperial spatharokandidatos, chartoularios of the genikon logothesion, and kommerkiarios of Thessalonike (BZS.1955.1.1028); and imperial spatharokandidatos, chartoularios of the genikon logothesion, and paraphylax of Abydos (e.g., BZS.1955.1.1067).