Niketas 62 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M VIII |
| PmbZ No. | 5447 |
| Locations | Thrakesioi (officeplace); Thrakesioi |
| Titles | Basilikos spatharios (dignity); Strategos, Thrakesioi (office) |
| Seal Sources | Konstantipoulos, K.M., Byzantiaka Molybdoboulla tou en Athenais Ethnikou Nomismatikou Mouseiou (Athens, 1917); repr. from JIAN 5-10 (1902-07); Schlumberger, G. Sigillographie de l'empire byzantin (Paris, 1884) |
Niketas 62 was a basilikos spatharios and strategos of the Thrakesioi; owner of a seal dateable to the middle of the eighth century (see below): Schlumberger, Sig., p. 253, no. 5 (facsimile) = Konstantopoulos, JIAN 5, 127 (dated eighth or ninth century by both editors). Obv.: invocative monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει with the legend τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Rev.: + Νικ - ήτᾳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπ - αθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στρα - τηγῷ τῶ - ν Θρακ(ησίων). The seal is dated by Seibt to the eighth century, probably the middle third; see Winkelmann, Rangstruktur, p. 83.
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