Niketas 34 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | VIII/IX |
| PmbZ No. | 5430 |
| Locations | Sicily (officeplace); Sicily |
| Titles | Patrikios (dignity); Strategos, Sicily (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). |
Niketas 34 was patrikios and strategos of Sicilia; owner of seals dateable to the eighth or ninth century: DOSeals I 5.20a (= Zacos and Veglery 2256) and 5.20b. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει with τω - σω - δου - λω in the corners. Rev.: Νικητα - πατρηκ' - κ' στρ' τ - Σικ. The name and titles read: Νικήτᾳ πατρηκίῳ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῆς Σικελίας. Possibly identical with Niketas patrikios and strategos of Sicilia, who owned another seal dateable to the same period: Borsari, no. 6. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει, with τω - σω - δου - λω in the corners. Rev.: Νικητα - πατρικ' - και στρατ' - Σικελ'. This seal is in the Museo Archeologico di Siracusa. Possibly identical with Niketas 160.
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