Niketas imperial kandidatos and protonotarios of the Optimatoi (ninth/tenth century)
Obverse
Cross on at least two steps. Circular inscription between two borders of dots.
+ΚΕΟΗΘΗΤΣΔΟ...
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by a row of pellets. Border of dots.
+ΝΙΚΙΤ
ΚΝΙ
ΝΟΤΤ
..ΟΠΤΙΜ
Νικίτᾳ βασιλικῷ κανδιδάτῳ καὶπρωτονοταρίῳ
τῶν Ὀπτιμάτων
Obverse
Cross on at least two steps. Circular inscription between two borders of dots.
+ΚΕΟΗΘΗΤΣΔΟ...
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by a row of pellets. Border of dots.
+ΝΙΚΙΤ
ΚΝΙ
ΝΟΤΤ
..ΟΠΤΙΜ
Νικίτᾳ βασιλικῷ κανδιδάτῳ καὶπρωτονοταρίῳ
τῶν Ὀπτιμάτων
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.1580 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 24.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 71.30 |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικίτᾳ βασιλικῷ κανδιδάτῳ καὶ πρωτονοταρίῳ τῶν Ὀπτιμάτων.
Lord help your servant Niketas, imperial kandidatos 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)
- 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)
- 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)