Niketas protovestes and judge of the Anatolikoi (eleventh century)
Obverse
The Virgin standing orans. Sigla: ..ΘΥ̅: [Μήτηρ] Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines followed by decoration. Border of dots.
+ΘΚ.
ΤΣΔ
ΝΙΚΗΤΑΑΕ
ΣΤΗΚΡΙΤΗ
ΤΝΑΝΑ
ΤΟΛΙΚ
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικῄτα πρωτοβέστῃ καὶ κριτῇ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν
Obverse
The Virgin standing orans. Sigla: ..ΘΥ̅: [Μήτηρ] Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines followed by decoration. Border of dots.
+ΘΚ.
ΤΣΔ
ΝΙΚΗΤΑΑΕ
ΣΤΗΚΡΙΤΗ
ΤΝΑΝΑ
ΤΟΛΙΚ
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικῄτα πρωτοβέστῃ καὶ κριτῇ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.2588 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 24.0 mm |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικῄτα πρωτοβέστῃ καὶ κριτῇ τῶν Ἀνατολικῶν.
Theotokos, help your servant Niketas, protovestes and judge of the Anatolikoi.
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)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
- Sceaux byzantins du Musée National de Varsovie (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)