Chamdounios, son of Chamdounios, vestarches and strategos, 2nd half 11th century. Seal (Lead, 31 mm, 21.49 g, 12 h). Θ / ΘЄ/O/Δ/Ⲱ-PO, O CT,/T, Saint Theodore Stratelates, nimbate, standing facing, holding a spear in his right hand, and resting his left hand on shield. Rev. +KЄ R,Θ, / TⲰ CⲰ ΔOV, / XAMΔOVNIⲰ / RЄCTAPX, K, CTP/TIΓⲰ TⲰ XAM/ΔOVNH in six lines, decoration below. BBÖ II p. 273, note 214 (citing a seal sold in Sternberg 24, 384). An interesting and impressive seal naming an important Byzantine general of Arab origin. Some scratches and marks, otherwise, very fine.



Chamdounios is the graecized form of the common Arabic name Hamdan (“praise”).