Basileios Bourtzes, spatharokandidatos and strategos, first half of 11th century. Seal (Lead, 30 mm, 23.72 g, 12 h). KЄ ROHΘЄI TⲰ CⲰ ΔOVΛ,; in fields, Θ / Γ/Є-Ⲱ/P/Γ, Nimbate bust of Saint George facing, holding spear over his right shoulder and resting shield on his left arm. Rev. RACIΛ, / CΠAΘAP'/K,ΔΔ, S CTPA/THΓ, TⲰ / R૪PZ, in five lines; above, decoration. Apparently unpublished. Very fine.


In his prosopographical study of the Bourtzes family, Cheynet mentions one person named Basileios, who is attested in the middle of the 11th century as a protospatharios epi tou Chrysotriklinou (La Famille Bourtzès, no. 12). He is known from a seal currently in Vienna (BBÖ 165) which bears the image of St. Basil on the obverse, which makes it likely that our seal belongs to yet another Basileios Bourtzes