Konstantinos 228 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | M VIII/M IX |
PmbZ No. | 3911 |
Locations | Sicily (officeplace); Sicily |
Titles | Basilikos protospatharios (office); Patrikios (office); Strategos, Sicily (office); Strategos, Sicily (office) |
Seal Sources | Borsari, S., "L'amministrazione del tema di Sicilia", RSI 66 (1954), pp. 133-158; Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972). |
Konstantinos 228 was patrikios and strategos of Sicilia; owner of several seals dateable between the mid eighth century and the mid ninth: Zacos and Veglery 1822A, Borsari, nos. 1-2. All three seals read: obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει, with τω - σω - δου - λω in the corners; rev.: Κωνς - ταντιν - πατρικ (και) ς - τρατηγω - Σικελιας or similar. Probably identical with Konstantinos patrikios, basilikos protospatharios and strategos of Sicilia, owner of three seals dateable to the same period: Borsari, nos. 3-5. The three seals are similar and read: obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει with τω - σω - δου - λω in the corners; rev.: +Κωνς - ταντινω πα - τρικ' β' α'σπα' - (και) στρατηγω - Σικελλ'. See also Konstantinos 77.
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