Seal of Georgios Hexamilites, prothospatharios, krites epi tou hippodromou and of the Armenika themata
source date: Mid-11th c. Mitte 11. Jh. Μέσα 11ου αι.
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Μήτηρ Θεοῦ

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Γεωργίῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ κριτῇ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἱπποδρόμου καὶ τῶν Ἀρμενικῶν Θεμάτων ὁ Ἑξαμηλίτης

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..... .Ε̣ΡΓ. .Π̣ΑΘ,ΚΡΙΤ, .ΠΙΤι̣π̣π. .Ρ̣,SΤΑΡμΕ̣ ..μ̣οΕ̣ΞΑ̣ ....

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.

Muttergottes. Muttergottes, hilf Georgios Hexamilites, prothospatharios, krites epi tou hippodromou und der Armenika themata.

Θεοτόκος. Θεοτόκε βοήθησε το Γεώργιο Εξαμηλίτη, πρωτοσπαθάριο, κριτή επί του ιπποδρόμου και των Αρμενικών θεμάτων.

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]

[1]. [...], Georgios 20167 .

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

(1) Athens, Numismatic Museum, no. 78 (Stamoules Collection) – [...], p. 15, no. 78 ; [...], p. 247-248, no. 7b (= [...], p. 148, no. 7b );

(2) IFEB, no. 422 – mentioned in [...], p. 247 ;

(3) Adnan Aci Collection, no. 154, struck from a different boulloterion – [...], p. 133-134, no. 4 .

[...], p. 782, no. 5 and p. 793, no. 2 .