Constantine patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Thrakesioi (ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (of indeterminate type); in the quarters: τ-σ.|-λ. No visible border.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. No visible border.
Νσταν
ατρικι
../σπαθ/Sστ
τ/τν.
ρακ/
[Κω]νσταν[τ(ίνῳ) π]ατρικίῳ, [β(ασιλικῷ)] [(πρωτο)]σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στ[ρα]τ(ηγῷ) τῶν [Θ]ρᾳκ(ησίων).
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (of indeterminate type); in the quarters: τ-σ.|-λ. No visible border.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. No visible border.
Νσταν
ατρικι
../σπαθ/Sστ
τ/τν.
ρακ/
[Κω]νσταν[τ(ίνῳ) π]ατρικίῳ, [β(ασιλικῷ)] [(πρωτο)]σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στ[ρα]τ(ηγῷ) τῶν [Θ]ρᾳκ(ησίων).
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.757 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 27.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 2.40. Zacos-Veglery, no. 1819. |
Translation
Κύριε or Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωνσταντίνῳ πατρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν Θρᾳκησίων.
Lord or Mother of God, help your servant Constantine patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of the Thrakesioi.
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)
- Constantini Porphyrogeniti De cerimoniis aulae byzantinae (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Praetorians: An Administrative, Institutional, and Social Survey of the Opsikion and Tagmata, c. 580-900 (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanis Chronographia (Open in Zotero)
- Theophanes Continuatus, Ioannes Cameniata, Symeon Magister, Georgius Monachus (Open in Zotero)
- L’histoire et la géographie de la région de Smyrne entre les deux occupations turques (1081-1317), particulièrement au XIIIe siècle (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- “Thrakien” und “Thrakesion” (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
A Constantine Kontomytes strategos of the Thrakesion is mentioned under the reign of Theophilos: Theophantes Cont., 137.