Georgios 247 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Floruit | L VII |
| Dates | 695 (taq) / 697 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 1993, 2011 |
| Locations | Nikaia; Nikaia (officeplace) |
| Titles | Apo hypaton (dignity); Genikos kommerkiarios of the apotheke, Nikaia (Bithynia) (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). |
Georgios 247 was apo hypaton and genikos kommerkiarios of the apotheke of Nikaia; owner of a seal dateable to the years 695/697 (see below): DOSeals III 59.3 = Zacos and Veglery 194. Obv.: a standing emperor, with indiction dates nine and ten, and traces of an inscription of which Γε may be read, followed later by α. Rev.: +γε - νικου κο - μμερκια - ριου αποθη - κης Νηκη - ας. The name and titles may read: Γε[ωργίου ἀπὸ ὑπ]ά[των] καὶ γενικοῦ κομμερκιαρίου ἀποθήκης Νηκήας. The emperor is identified as Leontios (Leontios 2) by Zacos and Veglery and as either Justinian II (Ioustinianos 1) or Leontios 2 by Nesbitt and Oikonomides, who prefer the former. For the identification of the owner, see Nesbitt and Oikonomides, DO Seals III, p. 105, and cf. Georgios 8, 113, 232 and 236.
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