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Peter imperial protospatharios and judge of the Boukellarioi (tenth/eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of a bearded bishop saint (probably St. Nicholas) blessing and holding a book. One letter visible at left: : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) [...]. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.

..τ
σπαθ,σ
κριτ,τν
Rουκελ
α ριν

[Πέ]τρῳ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) κριτ(ῇ) τῶν Βουκελαρίων

Obverse

Bust of a bearded bishop saint (probably St. Nicholas) blessing and holding a book. One letter visible at left: : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) [...]. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.

..τ
σπαθ,σ
κριτ,τν
Rουκελ
α ριν

[Πέ]τρῳ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) κριτ(ῇ) τῶν Βουκελαρίων

Accession number BZS.1955.1.2728
Diameter 25.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 1.13.

Translation

Πέτρῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ κριτῇ τῶν Βουκελαρίων.

Peter, imperial protospatharios and judge of the Boukellarioi.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
  • Galatien und Lykaonien (Open in Zotero)
  • De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
  • Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)