Artabasdos 11 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | VIII |
PmbZ No. | 639 |
Variant Names | Artauasdos |
Locations | Thrace (officeplace); Thrace |
Titles | Basilikos spatharios (dignity); Strategos, Thrace (office) |
Seal Sources | Cheynet,J.-C., Morrisson, C. and Seibt, W., Les Sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Paris, 1991); Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972). |
Artabasdos 11 was basilikos spatharios and strategos of Thrace; owner of two seals dateable to the eighth century, possibly to the second quarter: Zacos and Veglery 1744 (dated eighth century) (obv.: cruciform monogram of Κύριε βοήθει, with .ω - σω - δου - λω in the corners; rev.: ... - ταυασδ - ω β' σπαθ' και - στρατηγ - της Θρ. - κ..), Seyrig 199 (second quarter of the eighth century). The name and titles on the Zacos seal read: Ἀρταυάσδῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῆς Θρᾴκης; those on the Seyrig seal read: ....... βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ [και σ]τρατη[γῷ] τῆ<σ> Θρ[ᾴ]κης. The suggestion (by the editors of the Seyrig seals) that this man may be identical with the usurper, Artabasdos 1, is unlikely; the latter is never attested elsewhere as strategos of Thrace.
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