Kosmas 54 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | IX |
| PmbZ No. | 4133, 4144 |
| Locations | Hieron; Hieron (officeplace) |
| Titles | Hypatos (dignity); Komes, Hieron (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-); Sokolova, I. V., "Pechati Khersonskoi Femy", Actesdu XIVe Congrhs Internationale des Etudes Byzantines, III (Bucharest, 1978); Sokolova, I. V., Monety i pechati vizantiiskogo Khersona (Leningrad, 1983); Studies in Byzantine Sigillography, III (1992) (seals from auction catalogues, etc.); Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972). |
Kosmas 54 was a komes of the Hieron; owner of a seal dateable to the eighth or ninth century: DOSeals III 81.2 = Zacos and Veglery 2077. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει with τω - σω - δου - λω in the corners. Rev.: Κωσμα - κομιτη τ. - Ιερου'. The name and title read: Κωσμᾷ κόμιτι τοῦ Ἱεροῦ. Possibly identical with Kosmas, hypatos and komes of the Hieron, who also owned a seal dateable to the eighth or ninth century: Sokolova, Pechati, no. 47 = Sokolova, Monety, 145-146 = SBS 3, p. 177, cf. DOSeals III 81.2 note. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει. The name and title on the reverse read: Κοσμᾷ ὑπάτῳ καὶ κόμιτι τοῦ Ἱεροῦ.
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