Demetrios imperial spatharokandidatos and strategos of Aigaion Pelagos (tenth century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on four steps. Between two borders of dots, inscription.
ΚΕΟΗΘΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΔΙΤΡ
ΙˊΣΠΘˊ
ΚΝΙˊΣ
ΤΡΤ,ΤΕΓ,
ΠΕΛΓ,
Διμητρίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τοῦ Ἐγαίου Πελάγους
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on four steps. Between two borders of dots, inscription.
ΚΕΟΗΘΕΙΤΣΔΟΥΛ
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΔΙΤΡ
ΙˊΣΠΘˊ
ΚΝΙˊΣ
ΤΡΤ,ΤΕΓ,
ΠΕΛΓ,
Διμητρίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τοῦ Ἐγαίου Πελάγους
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.1425 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 27.0 mm; field: 18.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 40.27b. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Διμητρίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τοῦ Ἐγαίου Πελάγους.
Lord, help your servant Demetrios imperial spatharokandidatos and strategos of Aigaion Pelagos.
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)
- The Usual Lead Seal (Open in Zotero)
- Methodii Patriarchae Constantinopolitani Vita S. Theophanis Confessoris: e codice mosquensi no. 159 (Open in Zotero)
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This is one of four seals from the same boulloterion edited jointly. See also BZS 1955.1.1431.