Kosmas komes of Hieron (eighth/ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: TΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of three lines with leaf decoration at end of the final line. Wreath border.
ΚΣΜ
ΚΟΜΙΤΗΤ.
ΙΕΡ
Κωσμᾷ κόμιτῃ τοῦ Ἱεροῦ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: TΣ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of three lines with leaf decoration at end of the final line. Wreath border.
ΚΣΜ
ΚΟΜΙΤΗΤ.
ΙΕΡ
Κωσμᾷ κόμιτῃ τοῦ Ἱεροῦ
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.779 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 27.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 81.2. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Κωσμᾷ κόμιτῃ τοῦ Ἱεροῦ.
Mother of God, help your servant Kosmas komes of Hieron.
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. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Constantinople byzantin: dévelopment urbain et répertoire topographique (Open in Zotero)
- Recherches sur les douanes à Byzance: L’octava, le "kommerkion" et les commerciares (Open in Zotero)
- Byzance et la mer: La marine de guerre, la politique et les institutions maritimes de Byzance aux VIIe–VXe siècles (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
In the Vestnik Drevnei Istorii I (6) (1939), 129, O. F. Višniakova has published a eighth/ninth century seal with an inscribed cruciform monogram and an inscription recording a "Kosmas hypatos and komes of the Chersonese," which in light of this seal should be attributed instead to Hieron. Cf. Sokolova, Monety, 145-46; SBS 3 [1993] 107, 177.