Sergios 20 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | IX/X |
| Locations | Cherson (Tauric Chersonese) (officeplace); Cherson (Tauric Chersonese) |
| Titles | Basilikos spatharokandidatos (dignity); Kommerkiarios, Cherson (Tauric Chersonese) (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-); Sokolova, I. V., "Pechati Khersonskoi Femy", Actesdu XIVe Congrhs Internationale des Etudes Byzantines, III (Bucharest, 1978); Sokolova, I. V., Monety i pechati vizantiiskogo Khersona (Leningrad, 1983); Zacos G., and Nesbitt, J., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. II (in 3 parts), (Berne, 1984). |
Sergios 20 was basilikos spatharokandidatos and kommerkiarios of Cherson; owner of a seal dateable to the ninth or tenth century: DOSeals I 82.5. Obv.: Θ(εοτό)κε βοή[θ(ει) τ]ῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Rev.: Σεργ[ί]ῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθα[ρ]οκανδιδ(άτῳ) [(καὶ)] κωμερκ(ιαρίῳ) Χερσόν(ος).
Probably owner of another very similar seal, dateable to the ninth or tenth century, of which three specimens are published: DOSeals I 82.6, Zacos II, no. 886 (dated M/L IX) (both from the same boulloterion), Sokolova, "Pechati Khersonskoi Femy", p. 229, no. 4 (and cf. Sokolova, Monety, no. 23). Obv.: bust of Virgin with medallion of Child, with the legend Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθ(ει) τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Rev.: +Σεργι - ω β' σπαθαρ - οκανδιδ' (καὶ) - κωμερκ' - Χερσον. The name and titles read: Σεργίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σπαθαροκανδιδ(άτῳ) (καὶ) κωμερκ(ιαρίῳ) Χερσόν(ος).
He is possibly identical with Sergios kandidatos and spatharios and kommerkiarios of Cherson, of whom several seals exist; see Sokolova, Monety, nos. 21-22.
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