Theophobos 2 was a exousiastes of Cherson (or possibly of the Persians, see below); owner of a seal dateable either to the second half of the ninth century (Zacos and Veglery) or to the late eighth or early ninth centuries (Sokolova, cited in Winkelmann, Rangstruktur, p. 113): Zacos and Veglery 2526. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει, with τω - σω - δου - λω in the corners. Rev.: +Θεο[φ] - οβω εξου - σιαστη Χ - ερσων. Seibt, ByzSlav 36 (1975) 212, read the Χ of Χερσων as Π, giving the last word as Περσων. The name and title therefore read either Θεοφόβῳ ἐξουσιάστῃ Χερσῶνος or Θεοφόβῳ ἐξουσιάστῃ Περσῶν. Since the beta on the second line of the reverse is in the form of a Latin capital "R", which suggests a date not before the first half of the ninth century, the date proposed by Sokolova is perhaps less probable than the alternative. The identity of this person with Theophobos 1 is possible but not certain.

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