N., spatharokandidatos and basilikos of Hellas (tenth century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on four steps standing on a ball, with fleurons arising from base (up to second arm). Traces of circular inscription between two border of dots.
ΚΕΟ........ΔΟΥΛ,
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of at least five lines. Border of dots.
....
ΘΑ.ΟΚ.
ΝΤΙΔΑΤ
,ΕΛΛ
ΑΔΟ,
....σπαθαροκαντιδάτῳ καὶ βασιλικῷ Ἑλλάδος
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on four steps standing on a ball, with fleurons arising from base (up to second arm). Traces of circular inscription between two border of dots.
ΚΕΟ........ΔΟΥΛ,
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of at least five lines. Border of dots.
....
ΘΑ.ΟΚ.
ΝΤΙΔΑΤ
,ΕΛΛ
ΑΔΟ,
....σπαθαροκαντιδάτῳ καὶ βασιλικῷ Ἑλλάδος
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.4946 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 22.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 8.3. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ .... σπαθαροκαντιδάτῳ καὶ βασιλικῷ Ἑλλάδος.
Lord, help your servant N. spatharokandidatos and basilikos of Hellas.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Recherches sur l’administration de l’empire byzantin aux IX-XIème siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Le Peloponnese byzantin jusqu’en 1204 (Open in Zotero)
- Du stratège de thème au duc: chronologie de l’évolution au cours du XIe siècle (Open in Zotero)
- Hellas und Thessalia (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Line 3 (rev.): note the replacement of the letter delta by the letter tau in the title σπαθαροκαντιδάτῳ. We may possibly have here a reflection of demotic Greek and the use of -ντ to denote the sound of a hard -δ. A basilikos was an official with financial and fiscal responsibilities (Listes, 356; Ahrweiler, Recherches, 73-74).