Bardas 9 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | IX |
| PmbZ No. | 794 |
| Locations | Sicily (officeplace); Sicily |
| Titles | Basilikos protospatharios (dignity); Strategos, Sicily (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). |
Bardas 9 was a basilikos protospatharios and strategos of Sicily; owner of a seal dateable to the ninth century: DOSeals I 5.8 = Zacos and Veglery 1754a. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει, with τω - σω - δου - λω in the corners. Rev.: +Βαρδα - β' α' σπαθ - και στρατ[η] - γ' Σικ[ελ] - [ιασ]. The name and titles read: Βάρδᾳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Σικελίας. A second (identical) specimen, from the same boulloterion, is published in Zacos and Veglery 1754b.
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