Nicholas Probatas, vestarches and strategos of Aigaion Pelagos (eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
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ΤΣΔ
ΝΙΚΟΛΑ
ΕΣΤΑΡ
ΧΗ
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικολάῳ βεστάρχῃ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
..ΤΡΑ
.ΗΓ,ΤΑΙ
.ΑΙΠΕΛΑ
Γ,ΤΠΡΟ
ΑΤ,
καὶ στρατηγῷ τοῦ Αἰγαίου Πελάγους τῷ Προβατᾷ
Obverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
ΚΕ
ΤΣΔ
ΝΙΚΟΛΑ
ΕΣΤΑΡ
ΧΗ
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικολάῳ βεστάρχῃ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
..ΤΡΑ
.ΗΓ,ΤΑΙ
.ΑΙΠΕΛΑ
Γ,ΤΠΡΟ
ΑΤ,
καὶ στρατηγῷ τοῦ Αἰγαίου Πελάγους τῷ Προβατᾷ
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.3277 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 20.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 40.33. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικολάῳ βεστάρχῃ καὶ στρατηγῷ τοῦ Αἰγαίου Πελάγους τῷ Προβατᾷ.
Lord, help your servant Nicholas Probatas vestarches 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)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Pouvoir et contestations à Byzance, 963–1210 (Open in Zotero)
- Methodii Patriarchae Constantinopolitani Vita S. Theophanis Confessoris: e codice mosquensi no. 159 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (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
Member of a prominent family, on which see Laurent, Corpus II, no. 986; Cheynet, Pouvoir et contestations, 118, 300, 457 n. 157.