Kosmas 59 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Floruit | L VII |
Dates | 687 (taq) / 689 (tpq) |
PmbZ No. | 4066 |
Locations | Cyclades; Cyclades (officeplace) |
Titles | Genikos kommerkiarios of the apotheke, Cyclades (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). |
Kosmas 59 was a genikos kommerkiarios of the apotheke of the Cyclades; owner of a seal dated to indiction one and two under an emperor identifiable as Justinian II (Ioustinianos 1): DOSeals II 42.5 (687/689) = Zacos and Veglery 163. Obv.: emperor (Ioustinianos 1), standing, with the indiction dates α, β, and part of a circular inscription reading: οσμας. Rev.: ουκομε - ρκιαριου - .ποθηκ. - .ον Κυ. The name was evidently Kosmas; the title on the reverse read: [γενικ]οῦ κομερκιαρίου [ἀ]ποθήκ[ης τ]ῶν Κυ[κλάδων]. Indictions one and two under Ioustinianos 1 were 687/688 and 688/689.
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