Ioseph 15 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L IX |
| PmbZ No. | 3459 |
| Locations | The West (Dysis) (officeplace); Hellas (officeplace); Kephallenia (officeplace); Thessalonike (officeplace); Thessalonike; Hellas; Kephallenia; The West (Dysis) |
| Titles | Abydikos (office); Kommerkiarios, Thessalonike and Kephalonia (office); Kommerkiarios, Thessalonike, the West and Hellas (office); Basilikos balnitor (unclear) |
| Seal Sources | Zacos G., and Nesbitt, J., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. II (in 3 parts), (Berne, 1984). |
Ioseph 15 was abydikos and kommerkiarios of Thessalonike and Kephallenia; owner of a seal dateable to the second half of the ninth century: Zacos II 1075. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει with τω - σω - δου - λω in the corners. Rev.: +Ιωσιφ - αβ' (καὶ) κουμε - ρκ' Θεσσαλο - (καὶ) Κεφαλ' - ονηας. The name and titles read: Ιωσὴφ ἀβυδικῷ καὶ κουμερκιαρίῳ Θεσσαλονίκης καὶ Κεφαλονίας. According to a note of Zacos and Nesbitt, Seals, loc. cit., a second seal belonging to the same person is preserved in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection. The obverse is the same as above. The reverse reads: +Ιωσιφ - β' β' (καὶ) αβυδι - κ' (καὶ) κουμ' Θες - α' Δυσ' θεμ - ατ' Ελαδ', which is interpreted to mean: Ἰωσὴφ βασιλικῷ βαλνίτωρι καὶ ἀβυδικῷ καὶ κουμερκιαρίῳ Θεσσαλονίκης Δύσεως θέματος Ἑλλάδος.
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