Kosmas 59

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
FloruitL VII
Dates687 (taq) / 689 (tpq)
PmbZ No.4066
LocationsCyclades;
Cyclades (officeplace)
TitlesGenikos kommerkiarios of the apotheke, Cyclades (office)
Seal SourcesDumbarton 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 []ποθήκ[ης τ]ῶν Κυ[κλάδων]. Indictions one and two under Ioustinianos 1 were 687/688 and 688/689.

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