Michael 138

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
FloruitIX/X
LocationsStratonikeia (Caria or Lydia);
Stratonikeia (Caria or Lydia) (officeplace)
TitlesBasilikos spatharios (dignity);
Dioiketes, Stratonikeia (Caria or Lydia) (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-)

Michael 138 was basilikos spatharios and dioiketes of Stratonikeia; owner of a seal dateable to the ninth or tenth century: DOSeals III 108.1. Obv.: patriarchal cross on four steps, with Ισ' - χσ' - νη - κα in the corners (i.e. Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς νηκᾷ) and a circular inscription, reading: +Κε βοηθει τω σω δουλω. Rev.: +Μιχα - ηλ β' σπαθ' - κε δηοικη - τη στρατο - νικη... The name and titles read: Μιχαὴλ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ κὲ δηοικητῇ Στρατονικήας.

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