Meligalas imperial spatharokandidatos and chartoularios of the genikon logothesion (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative inscription (type V); in the quarters: –Σ|–Λ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ [δ]ούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines (four visible), a cross decoration above. Wreath border.
ΜΕΛΙΓΛ
Β⸉ΣΠΘ ΚΝ
ΧΡΤΟΥΛΡ̣
ΕΝΙΚ⸉ΛΟΓ
. . .
Μελιγαλ[ᾷ] β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρο)καν[δ(ιδάτῳ)] χαρτουλαρ(ίῳ) [τ(οῦ) γ]ενικ(οῦ) λογ[οθεσίου]
Obverse
Cruciform invocative inscription (type V); in the quarters: –Σ|–Λ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ [δ]ούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines (four visible), a cross decoration above. Wreath border.
ΜΕΛΙΓΛ
Β⸉ΣΠΘ ΚΝ
ΧΡΤΟΥΛΡ̣
ΕΝΙΚ⸉ΛΟΓ
. . .
Μελιγαλ[ᾷ] β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρο)καν[δ(ιδάτῳ)] χαρτουλαρ(ίῳ) [τ(οῦ) γ]ενικ(οῦ) λογ[οθεσίου]
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.1066 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 21.0 mm |
| Condition | Blank too small for die. |
| Previous Editions | Zacos–Veglery, no. 2176a. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Μελιγαλᾷ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ τοῦ γενικοῦ λογοθεσίου.
Theotokos, help your servant Meligalas imperial spatharokandidatos and chartoularios of the genikon logothesion.
Commentary
On Meligalas’s career, see the commentary at BZS.1955.1.1042.
The blank is too small for the die, and what remains of the fifth line on the reverse is not legible. It could complete the office (-θεσίου) or it could include, in a heavily abbreviated form, another office. Other seals of Meligalas attest his serving as paraphylax of Abydos (BZS.1955.1.1067–1072) and kommerkiarios of Thessalonike (BZS.1955.1.1028).