Sergios imperial spatharokandidatos and kommerkiarios of Cherson (ninth/tenth century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on four steps with fleurons rising from base (up to lower transverse arm). Circular inscription between two borders of dots.
κεοηθˊτσδουλ
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on four steps with fleurons rising from base (up to lower transverse arm). Circular inscription between two borders of dots.
κεοηθˊτσδουλ
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
σεργ
ισπθ
κνδκο
μερκιρ
χερσον
Σεργίῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαροκανδιδάτῳ καὶ κομερκιαρίῳ Χερσόνος
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.1629 |
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Diameter | 21.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 82.7c. |
Bibliography
- 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)
- Monety i pečati vizantijskogo Hersona (Open in Zotero)
- De Administrando Imperio (Open in Zotero)
- Nicephori archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani Opuscula historica (Open in Zotero)
- Ioannis Scylitzae Synopsis historiarum (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- L’administration byzantine de Cherson: catalogue des sceaux (Open in Zotero)
- Archaeology and the History of Cherson (Open in Zotero)
- Svincovye pečati vizantijskogo Hersona (Open in Zotero)
- Pečati Hersonskoj Femy (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- Sceaux byzantins inédits (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The reading of this seal has been restored on the basis of its two counterparts from the same boulloterion, listed below.