Michael 89

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitVIII/IX
PmbZ No.5073
ReligionChristian
TitlesKandidatos (dignity)
Seal SourcesSpeck, P. et al. (eds.), Byzantinische Bleisiegel in Berlin (West) (Bonn, 1986)

Michael 89 was kandidatos; owner of a seal dateable to the eighth or ninth century: Speck, Bleisiegel 87. Obv.: Virgin, standing, between trees, holding Child in left arm; legend round circumference reading: [+]πρεσβεί[αι]ς [τῆ]ς Θεοτόκου. Rev.: cruciform monogram of κανδιδάτου, with the name Μ - ιχ - αη - λ in the corners and a legend round the circumference reading: + σωζε χρις - τε ο θεος. The whole text reads: Πρεσβείαις τῆς Θεοτόκου σῶζε, Χριστὲ ὁ Θεός, Μιχαὴλ κανδιδάτου (sic).

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