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George imperial kandidatos and dioiketes of Raidestos (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Border of dots.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines followed by row of pellets. Border of dots.

ΓΕΡ
.ΙΟΒ/ΚΝΔ/
.ΔΙΟΚΗΤ/Ρ
ΕΔΕΣΤ
· · ·

Γεωργίο βασιλικῷ κανδιδάτῳ (καὶ) διοικητ Ῥεδστοῦ

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: ΤΣ|ΔΛ. Border of dots.

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines followed by row of pellets. Border of dots.

ΓΕΡ
.ΙΟΒ/ΚΝΔ/
.ΔΙΟΚΗΤ/Ρ
ΕΔΕΣΤ
· · ·

Γεωργίο βασιλικῷ κανδιδάτῳ (καὶ) διοικητ Ῥεδστοῦ

Accession number BZS.1955.1.873
Diameter 31.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 59.3.
Zacos-Veglery, no. 1915. Another specimen, possibly from the same boulloterion, was published by Laurent, Orghidan, no. 260.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Γεωργίο βασιλικῷ κανδιδάτῳ καὶ διοικητῇ Ῥεδστοῦ.

Theotokos, help your servant George imperial kandidatos and dioikets of Raidestos.

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)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
  • Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan (Open in Zotero)
  • History of the Byzantine State (Open in Zotero)
  • Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • La Thrace Orientale et La Mer Noire: Géographie Ecclésiastique et Prosopographie (VIIIe-XIIe Siècles) (Open in Zotero)