Theognostos 16 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L IX |
| Locations | Peloponnesos (officeplace); Peloponnesos |
| Titles | Basilikos protospatharios (dignity); Strategos, Peloponnesos (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-); Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972). |
Theognostos 16 was a basilikos protospatharios and trakteutes of Peloponnesos; owner of two seals dateable to the second half of the ninth century: DOSeals II 22.37a and b = Zacos and Veglery 2493b and c. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει, with τω - σω - δου - λω in the corners. Rev.: (a) .... - .τω β' α' ς - παθ' κ' τρ. - τ' Πελοπ'; (b) εο. - .τω β' α'ς - αθ' κ' τρα - . Πελοπ - ... The name and titles read: [Θ]εο[γνώσ]τῳ β(ασιλικῷ) πρωτοσπαθ(αρίῳ) κ(αὶ) τρα[κ]τ(ευτῇ) Πελοπ(οννήσου). On the possible relation between these seals and that attributed to Theoktistos 22, see Nesbitt and Oikonomides, DOSeals II, p. 75, note to II 22.37.
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