Alexandros 5 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | VIII |
PmbZ No. | 184 |
Locations | Mesembria (Haemimontus) (officeplace); Mesembria (Haemimontus) |
Titles | Archon, Mesembria (Haemimontus) (office); Basilikos spatharios (office); Hypatos (office) |
Seal Sources | Dumbarton Oaks, A Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, eds., J. Nesbitt and N. Oikonomides (Washington, DC, 1991-); Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972). |
Alexandros 5 was hypatos, basilikos spatharios and archon of Mesembria; owner of a seal dateable to the eighth century: DOSeals I 77.1 = Zacos and Veglery 1694. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει, with the inscription Αλε - ξαν - .ρ - ω.. Rev.: +υπ. - τω βασι' - .παθαριω - και αρχοντι - Μεσημβρ - ιας+. The name and titles read: Ἀλεξάν[δ]ρῳ ὑπ[ά]τῳ βασιλικῷ [σ]παθαρίῳ καὶ ἄρχοντι Μεσημβρίας. On Mesembria and Debelton, see Nesbitt and Oikonomides, DOSeals, pp. 172-173.
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