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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 Θεοφυλάκτ βεστάρχῃ

Reverse

Inscription in four lines with decoration above. Border of dots.

 
κριτη
οικιστι
κ.ηρ
κμ

κριτῇ, μεγάλῳ οἰκιστικῷ καὶ γηρωκώμῳ

Obverse

Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.

Θκε,θ,
τσδ
θεοφυλα
κτ.εσ
ταρχη

Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοφυλάκτ 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
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.