Seal of Basileios Apokapes, proedros and doux
source date: 11th c., second half 11. Jh., zweite Hälfte 11ος αι., δεύτερο μισό
edition published: 2025-01-02
availability: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International - CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)

Ὁ ἅγιος Βασίλειος

Κύριε βοήθει Βασιλίω προέδρῳ καί δοὺξ τῷ Ἀποκάπῃ

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 ΚΕΒοΘ, βασιλι .ροεδρ,s δ̣ξτα π̣ο̣κπ̣

Κύριε βοήθει Βασιλείω προέδρῳ καὶ δοὺξ τῷ Ἀποκάπῃ.

Lord, help Basileios Apokapes, proedros and doux.

Herr, hilf Basileios Apokapes, proedros und doux.

Κύριε βοήθησε το Βασίλειο Αποκάπη, πρόεδρο και δούκα.

The seal inscription shows an alternating use of the dative and the nominative. On another very similar seal type the same inscription is entirely in the dative.[1]

[1] (1) Gaziantep, Museum of Archeology, no. 2010.2.18, published in [...], p. 86-87, no. 3 ; [...], p. 24-25 ; the seal is also mentioned in [...], p. 38-39 and note 34 ; [...], p. 423, note 79 ; (2) Antakya, Hatay Archaeology Museum, no. 2 (Khoury Collection) published in [...], p. 425, no. 7 (= [...], 130, no. 7 ). It is unclear to which seal type belongs a seal of Basileios Apokapes, proedros and doux auctioned in a lot with other specimens, see Münz Zentrum, Auction 76 (10–12 November 1993), lot 1390, mentioned by [...], p. 25, note 60 ; [...], p. 39, note 34 ; [...], p. 425 ; [...], 25 .

(1) Theodoridis Collection, no. 548 – [...], no. 12 ;

(2) Zeus Numismatics, Auction 13 (31 October 2020), lot 1123.

(1) also mentioned in [...], 24 .