David (?) patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Sicily (eighth/ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: .Σ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V); in the quarters: .Σ|ΔΛ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Indeterminate border.
Δ.
ΠΤΡΗΚ
ΒΣΠΘ.
ΣΤΡΤΗΓΟ.
ΗΚΕΛΗΣ
ΜΗΝ
Δαβὶδ πατρηκίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ (καὶ) στρατηγο Σηκελήας, ἀμήν.
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.4168 |
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Diameter | 35.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 5.16. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Δαβὶδ πατρηκίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγο Σηκελήας, ἀμήν.
Theotokos, help your servant David, patrikios, imperial protospatharios and strategos of Sicily. Amen.
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)
- 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
Zacos-Veglery suggest that the name could be read ΙΩΑΝΝΗ, but the initial letter appears to have the flat base of a Δ.