Kosmas 43 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E/M VIII |
| PmbZ No. | 4110 |
| Locations | Opsikion; Opsikion (officeplace) |
| Titles | Patrikios (dignity); Komes of the theophylakton basilikon Opsikion (office) |
| Seal Sources | Cheynet,J.-C., Morrisson, C. and Seibt, W., Les Sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Paris, 1991); 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). |
Kosmas 43 was a patrikios and komes of the theophylakton basilikon Opsikion; owner of seals dateable to the eighth century, possibly to the first half (so Seibt, quoted in Seyrig): DOSeals III 39. 31 = Zacos and Veglery 406 = Seyrig 188. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Κοσμα with τω - δου - λω - σου in the corners and a circular inscription reading: +Θεοτόκε βοήθει. Rev.: + πατρ - ικιω και κομ - ιτι του θεοφ - υλακτου βα - σιλικου Οψ - ικιου+. The name and titles read: Κοσμᾷ πατρικίῳ καὶ κόμιτι τοῦ θεοφυλάκτου βασιλικοῦ Ὀψικίου. For a similar seal, see Chabiaras, in JIAN 12 (1909-10), p. 150, no. 3. See also Kosmas 46.
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