Barsakios 4

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitIX/X
EthnicityArmenian
LocationsHellas (officeplace);
Hellas
TitlesBasilikos protospatharios (dignity);
Strategos, Hellas (office)
Seal SourcesDumbarton 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-)

Barsakios 4 was basilikos protospatharios and strategos of Hellas; owner of a seal dateable to the ninth or tenth century: DOSeals II 8.41. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει with the legend τω - σω - δου - λω. Rev.: ... - +Βαρσα - κιω β' α' σπαθ - αριω κ' στρα - τηγω Ελλα - δος. The name and title read: Βαρσακίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ Ἑλλάδος. Possibly identical with Barsakios 5.

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