Christophoros 11

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitE IX
Dates823 (taq) / 822 (tpq)
PmbZ No.1122
LocationsAdrianoupolis (Macedonia) (officeplace);
Adrianoupolis (Macedonia)
TitlesHypatos (dignity);
Kommerkiarios, Adrianoupolis (Macedonia) (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-);
Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972).

Christophoros 11 was a hypatos and kommerkiarios of Adrianoupolis; owner of a seal (dated perhaps to the year 822/823, see below): DOSeals I 44.5 = Zacos and Veglery 283. Obv.: Busts of two emperors, and the date Ἰ[νδικτίων] α'. Rev.: Χριστοφόρ[ου] ὑπ[άτου] καὶ κομμερκ[ιαρίου] [Ἀ]δριανο[υ]πόλε[ ωσ]. Nesbitt and Oikonomides on stylistic and epigraphic grounds narrow the date to the early ninth century but after 820 and accept the date proposed by the first editors, 822/823, under Michael II (Michael 10) and Theophilos 5. His office was held at Adrianoupolis in Macedonia: Nesbitt and Oikonomides, {DO Seals I, p. 125, note.

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