Constantine imperial spatharokandidatos, epi tou oikeiakou vestiariou and protonotarios of the Optimatoi (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross (X at both crossings) on four steps with fleurons arising from base (up to lower arm). Circular inscription along a border of dots.
+ΚΕΟΗΘ..Τ.Δ,
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Patriarchal cross (X at both crossings) on four steps with fleurons arising from base (up to lower arm). Circular inscription along a border of dots.
+ΚΕΟΗΘ..Τ.Δ,
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of six lines followed by a row of pellets. Border of dots.
.ΚΝΣΤ,
ΣΠΑΘ,ΚΑ
ΕΠΙΤ,Υ
ΚΕΙΑ,ΕΣΤ
ΑˊΝΟΤ,Τ,Ο
ΠΤΙΜΑ.
Κωνσταντίνῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ, ἐπι τοῦ ὐκειακοῦ βεστιαρίου καὶ πρωτονοταρίῳ τῶν Ὀπτιμάτων
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.1404 |
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Diameter | 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 71.28. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ, ἐπι τοῦ ὐκειακοῦ βεστιαρίου καὶ πρωτονοταρίῳ τῶν Ὀπτιμάτων.
Lord, help your servant Constantine, imperial spatharokandidatos, epi tou oikeiakou vestiariou, and protonotarios of the Optimatoi.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)