Theophanes 26

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitIX/X
Variant NamesTheophanios
TitlesBasilikos protospatharios (dignity);
Gerokomos (office)
Seal SourcesKonstantipoulos, K.M., Byzantiaka Molybdoboulla tou en Athenais Ethnikou Nomismatikou Mouseiou (Athens, 1917); repr. from JIAN 5-10 (1902-07);
Seibt, W., Die byzantinischen Bleisiegel in Österreich. I. Teil, Kaiserhof (Vienna, 1978)

Theophanes 26 was a basilikos protospatharios and gerokomos; owner of a seal dateable to the ninth or tenth century: Konstantopoulos, JIAN 9, 376A as corrected by Seibt, Bleisiegel, I, p. 325. The obverse has a cross on three steps with the legend: Κ(ύρι)ε β(οήθει) τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ). Rev.: + Θεο - φανηω - β(ασιλικῷ) (πρωτο)σπαθ - αρ(ίῳ) (καὶ) γερ - οκόμ(). Konstantopoulos read the end of the text as: (καὶ) γεν(ικ)ο͂ κομ(μερκιαρίῳ).

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