Niketas 59 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | IX |
| PmbZ No. | 5492 |
| Locations | Kathodos (Aigaion Pelagos) (officeplace); Kathodos (Aigaion Pelagos) |
| Titles | Basilikos spatharokandidatos (dignity); Tourmarches, Kathodos (office) |
| Seal Sources | Bon, A., Le Péloponnèse byzantin jusqu'en 1204 (Paris, 1951); Mordtmann, A., "Plombs byzantins de la Grece et du Peloponnese", Revue Archeologique 34 (1878), pp. 47-61; Schlumberger, G. Sigillographie de l'empire byzantin (Paris, 1884) |
Niketas 59 was basilikos spatharokandidatos and tourmarches of the Kathodos; owner of a seal dateable (possibly) to the ninth century: Schlumberger, Sig., p. 194, no. 7 (ninth century) = Mordtmann, "Plombs" II, p. 56f., no. 44 (eleventh) = Bon, Le Péloponnèse byzantin, p. 206, no. 73. Obv.: bust of St Nikolaos with a legend no longer readable. Rev.: +Νικήτᾳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθ(αρο)κανδιδ(άτῳ) (καὶ) τρουμάρχ(ηι) (sic) τ(ης) Κατοδου. Mordtmann and Schlumberger, following Reiske, explain Kathodos as denoting the isles of the Aegean Sea. Cf. Winkelmann, Rangstruktur, p. 109 (who queries the date and the reading).
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