Phokas 6

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitIX
PmbZ No.6215
LocationsAigaion Pelagos;
Aigaion Pelagos (officeplace)
TitlesBasilikos spatharios (dignity);
Droungarios, Aigaion Pelagos (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-);
Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972).

Phokas 6 was a basilikos spatharios and droungarios of the Aigaion Pelagos; owner of a seal dateable to the ninth century: DOSeals II 40.9 = Zacos and Veglery 3167. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει with τω - σω - δο - λω in the corners. Rev.: +Φωκα - .' σπα' και δρουγ - γα' του Εγεου - Πελαγ'. The name and titles read: Φωκᾷ [βασιλικῷ] σπαθαρίῳ καὶ δρουγγαρίῳ τοῦ Αἰγαίου Πελάγους. The letter missing before σπα' may have been α, giving the title πρωτοσπαθάριος. See Winkelmann, Rangstruktur, p. 109.

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