John patrikios, (imperial) protospatharios and strategos of Sicily (tenth century)
Obverse
Peacock with tail outspread. Circular inscription starting at 12 o'clock. No visible border.
.........ΣΔΟΥΛΟ
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλο
Obverse
Peacock with tail outspread. Circular inscription starting at 12 o'clock. No visible border.
.........ΣΔΟΥΛΟ
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλο
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
ΑΝ
ΤΡ,ΚΙ
ΠΑΘΑ
ΤΡΑ
ΣΙΚ
ΑΣ
Ἰωάννῃ πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Σικελίας
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4490 |
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Diameter | 23.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 5.17. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλο Ἰωάννῃ πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Σικελίας.
Lord, help your servant John patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Sicily.
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)
- Storia dei Musulmani di Sicilia (Open in Zotero)
- La dominazione bizantina nell’Italia meridionale dal IX al XI secolo (Open in Zotero)
- Ioannis Scylitzae Synopsis historiarum (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Storia della Sicilia, Vol. 3, La Sicilia fra Roma e Bisanzio (Open in Zotero)
- L’amministrazione del tema de Sicilia (Open in Zotero)
- La Sicile byzantine: État de recherches (Open in Zotero)
- Une liste arabe des stratèges du thème de Sicile (Open in Zotero)
- Une source peu étudiée de l’histoire de la Sicile au haut Moyen-Age: La sigillographie byzantine (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanes Continuatus, Ioannes Cameniata, Symeon Magister, Georgius Monachus (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
After 902 the strategoi of Sicily resided in Calabria; consequently it is conceivable that the owner of this seal is John Byzalon or Mouzalon, known (from Skylitzes, 263) as strategos of Calabria in 921/2 (Falkenhausen, Dominazione, 102-3, no. 68).