Sergios kommerkiarios of Nikomedeia (eighth/ninth century)
Obverse
A cruciform invocative monogram (type VIII). Wreath border.
Κύριε βοήθει
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.
+ΣΕ
ΡΓΙΚ
ΟΜΜΕΡ
ΚΙ,ΝΙΚ
ΟΜΙ,
Σεργίῳ κομμερκιαρίῳ Νικομιδείας
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5065 |
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Diameter | 25.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 83b. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Σεργίῳ κομμερκιαρίῳ Νικομιδείας.
Lord help Sergios kommerkiarios of Nikomedeia.
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)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
- Le livre du préfet; ou, L’édit de l’empereur Léon le Sage sur les corporations de Constantinople (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
We know the seals of two more kommerkiarioi of Nikomedeia: Sig., 246; Zacos-Veglery, no. 1411A.