Nicholas dioiketes of Samos and Chios (ninth century)
Obverse
Virtually blank. Very faint traces of an inscribed cruciform invocative monogram: a Σ is visible at the upper left quarter. Indeterminate border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. No border visible.
.ΝΙΚΟ
ΛΙΟΙΚ
ΣΜΤΙ
ΧΗΟΥ
Νικολάῳ διοικητῇ Σάμου καὶ τῖς Χήου
Obverse
Virtually blank. Very faint traces of an inscribed cruciform invocative monogram: a Σ is visible at the upper left quarter. Indeterminate border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. No border visible.
.ΝΙΚΟ
ΛΙΟΙΚ
ΣΜΤΙ
ΧΗΟΥ
Νικολάῳ διοικητῇ Σάμου καὶ τῖς Χήου
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.1113 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 23.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 41.3. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικολάῳ διοικητῇ Σάμου καὶ τῖς Χήου.
Theotokos, help your servant Nicholas doiketes of Samos and Chios.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Μελέται περὶ τῆς διοικητικῆς διαιρέσεως καὶ τῆς ἐπαρχιακῆς διοικήσεως ἐν τῷ βυζαντινῷ κράτει (Open in Zotero)
- Katalog molivdovulov (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Les îles de l’empire byzantin: VIIIe-XIIe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Zakythinos (Meletai 17, 259-60) has shown that Nicholas had a temporary mandate over tax collection on the two islands. One cannot say whether the dioikesis of Samos and Chios was part of Aigaion Pelagos or of Samos. We know of one more dioiketes of Chios, Michael (Sig., 196).