Staurakios 8

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitVIII/IX
LocationsThessalonike (officeplace);
Thessalonike
TitlesBasilikos spatharios (dignity);
Eparch, Thessalonike (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).

Staurakios 8 was basilikos spatharios and eparchos of Thessalonike; owner of seals dateable between the mid-eighth century and the mid-ninth (Zacos and Veglery) or to the eighth or ninth century (Nesbitt and Oikonomides): DOSeals I 18.21a = Zacos and Veglery 2382a, DOSeals I 18. 21b = Zacos and Veglery 2382b. The two seals are from different boulloteria but probably belong to the same official. The first one reads: obv.: Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ; rev.: Σταυρακίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σ[π]αθ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) ἐπάρ[χ(ῳ)] Θεσαλ(ονίκης). The second reads: obv.: Θεοτόκε βοήθει [τ]ῷ σῷ δούλῳ; rev.: Σταυ[ρ]ακίῳ β(ασιλικῷ) σ[πα]θ(αρίῳ) (καὶ) ἐπάρ[χ(ῳ)] Θεσαλ(ονίκης).

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