Theophylaktos vestarches, judge, megas oikistikos, and gerokomos (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.
Θκε,θ,
τσδ
θεοφυλα
κτ.εσ
ταρχη
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοφυλάκτῳ βεστάρχῃ
Obverse
Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.
Θκε,θ,
τσδ
θεοφυλα
κτ.εσ
ταρχη
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοφυλάκτῳ βεστάρχῃ
Reverse
Inscription in four lines with decoration above. Border of dots.
κριτη
οικιστι
κ.ηρ
κμ
κριτῇ, μεγάλῳ οἰκιστικῷ καὶ γηρωκώμῳ
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5072 |
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Diameter | 29.0 mm; field: 24.0 mm |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοφυλάκτῳ βεστάρχῃ, κριτῇ, μεγάλῳ οἰκιστικῷ καὶ γηρωκώμῳ.
Theotokos, help your servant Theophylaktos vestarches, judge, megas oikistikos, and gerokomos.
Commentary
John W. Nesbitt, "The office of the oikistikos: Five seals in the Dumbarton Oaks collection," DOP 29 (1975), 341-45 (no. 3), with commentary.