Nikolaos 12 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | VIII/IX |
PmbZ No. | 5566* |
Locations | Crete (officeplace); Crete |
Titles | Basilikos spatharios (dignity); Hypatos (dignity); Archon, Crete (office) |
Seal Sources | Laurent, V., "Le statut de la Crète byzantine avant et après la libération du joug arabe", Cretica Chronica 15-16 (1961-62), pp. 382-396; Mordtmann, A., "Peri Byzantinon Molybdoboullon", Hellenikos Philologikos Syllogos 17, supplement archeologique (1886), pp. 144-152; Tsougarakis, D., "The Byzantine Seals of Crete", SBS 2 (1990), pp. 137-152. |
Nikolaos 12 was hypatos, basilikos spatharios and archon of Crete; owner of a seal dateable to the eighth or ninth century: Tsougarakis, SBS 2, pp. 146-7, no. 20 ( = Mordtmann, Hell. Phil. Syll. 17 (1886), app., p. 152, no. 27 and Laurent, Cretica Chronica 15-16/II (1961/62), pp. 383-4, 393)(possibly two specimens of the same seal). Obv.: monogram of Τηεοτόκε βοήθει. Rev.: Νικολάῳ ὑπάτῳ βασιλικῷ σπαθαρίῳ καὶ ἄρχοντι Κρήτης.
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