Photeinos 4 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | IX/X |
| Variant Names | Photinos |
| Locations | Macedonia (officeplace); Macedonia |
| Titles | Basilikos protospatharios (dignity); Strategos, Macedonia (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-); Schlumberger, G. Sigillographie de l'empire byzantin (Paris, 1884) |
Photeinos 4 was a basilikos protospatharios and strategos of Macedonia ("of the Macedonians"); owner of seals dateable to the ninth or tenth century: DOSeals I 43.33. Obv.: Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ει) τῷ σῷ δ[ούλῳ]. Rev.: Φωτινῷ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατι[γ(ῷ)] τον Μακεδον(ων). Another specimen, possibly from the same boulloterion, is Schlumberger, Sig., pp. 111-112, no.7. Obv.: Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθ(ει) τῷ σῷ δούλ(ῳ). Rev.: Φωτινῷ β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) στρατιγ(ῷ) τον Μακεδον(ων). Possibly dateable to the second half of the ninth century; see Winkelmann, Rangstruktur, p. 102 (citing Shandrovskaya and Sokolova).
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