Christophoros 45 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | IX |
| PmbZ No. | 1138 |
| Locations | Opsikion (officeplace); Opsikion |
| Titles | Basilikos protospatharios (dignity); Patrikios (dignity); Komes, Opsikion (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). |
Christophoros 45 was a patrikios, basilikos protospatharios and komes of the Opsikion; owner of two seals, from the same boulloterion, dateable to the ninth century: DOSeals III 39.25a and 39.25b = Zacos and Veglery 1792a and 1792b. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει with τω - σω - δου - λω in the corners. Rev.: +Χριστο - .ορω πατρ' β - . σπαθ' και κομ - τ' Οψικιου. The name and titles read: Χριστοφόρῳ πατρικίῳ βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ κόμητι τοῦ Ὀψικίου. The same individual may also have owned another seal with the same text but from a different boulloterion: DOSeals III 39.25c. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει with .ω - ς. - .ου - λω. Rev.: +Χρις - .οφορω π - .τρη' β' α' ς - παθ και κο. - .ου Οψ.
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