Watch List notes:

Theognostos, imperial spatharokandidatos and epi tou manglabiou. Seal (Lead, 23 mm, 7.18 g, 12 h), late 9th-first half 10th century. +KЄ ROHΘЄI Tω Cω ΔOVΛω ("Lord, help your servant") Large long cross potent on three steps. Rev. +ΘЄOΓN|OCTω R,CΠ|AΘAPOKAN|Δ' S ЄΠI T, M|AN[ΓΛ]AR ("Theognostos, imperial spatharokandidatos and epi tou manglabiou") in five lines. Unpublished in the standard references. Surface cracks along the channel, otherwise, very fine.


As 'epi tou manglabiou', Theognostos was the commander of the imperial guard of the 'manglabitai' ('club-bearers') and thus a very important and influencial figure at the imperial court due to his proximity to the emperor.