Seal of Georgios Hexamilites, prothospatharios, krites epi tou hippodromou and of the Armenika themata

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Reverse

Language(s)

Greek

Layout of field

Legend of 7 lines, the first and the last line missing.

Field dimensions (mm)

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Matrix

―

Iconography

―

Decoration

No border visible.

Epigraphy

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Images

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RTI

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Edition

Interpretive

obv

^a[Μή(τη)ρ] ^bΘ[(εο)ῦ]

rev

1[Θ(εοτό)κε β(οή)θ(ει)]
2[Γ]εωργ(ίῳ) [(πρωτο)-
3σ]παθ(αρίῳ) κριτ(ῇ)
4[ἐ]πὶ τοῦ ἱππ[ο-
5δ]ρ(όμου) (καὶ) τ(ῶν) Ἀρμε-
6[ν(ικῶν) Θ(ε)]μ(άτων) ὁ Ἑξα-
7[μηλ(ί)τ(ης)]

Diplomatic

obv

^a... ^bΘ

rev

1.....
2.Ε̣ΡΓ.
3.Π̣ΑΘ,ΚΡΙΤ,
4.ΠΙΤι̣π̣π.
5.Ρ̣,SΤΑΡμΕ̣
6..μ̣οΕ̣ΞΑ̣
7....

Legend and translation

Μήτηρ Θεοῦ / Θεοτόκε βοήθει Γεωργίῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ κριτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἱπποδρόμου καὶ τῶν ᾿Αρμενικῶν θεμάτων ὁ Ἑξαμηλίτης.

Mother of God. Mother of God, help Georgios Hexamilites, prothospatharios, krites epi tou hippodromou and of the Armenika themata.

References

Edition(s)

Unpublished

Parallel(s)

(1) Athens, Numismatic Museum, no. 78 (Stamoules Collection) – Athens1930, p. 15, no. 78 ; Wassiliou2002, p. 247-248, no. 7b (= SBS_Articles2002-2006, p. 148, no. 7b );
(2) IFEB, no. 422 – mentioned in Wassiliou2002, p. 247 ;
(3) Adnan Aci Collection, no. 154, struck from a different boulloterion – Bulgurlu2019, p. 133-134, no. 4 .

Further references

Laurent1931, p. 782, no. 5 and p. 793, no. 2 .

Commentary

The restitution of the first and last line of the legend is based on the parallels. Georgios Hexamilites[1] is also known from another seal type, on which he appears at an earlier stage of his career, as spatharokandidatos, protonotarios and krites of Seleukeia.[2]

Footnotes

[1]. PBW, Georgios 20167 .

[2]. Private collection (USA), no. 30, published in Nesbitt1998, p. 167-168, no. 10 .