Stephanos 117 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | E |
Floruit | L VII/E VIII |
Titles | Koubikoularios (office); Orphanotrophos (office) |
Seal Sources | Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972). |
Stephanos 117 was koubikoularios and orphanotrophos; owner of two similar seals dateable to the late seventh century or the early eighth (probably to the time of the emperor Justinian II): Zacos and Veglery 1268a and b. Obv.: busts of Sts Peter and Paul, holding a long cross between them, with a bust of Christ in the upper centre. Rev.: [+]Κε βοηθη - [Σ]τεφανω - κουβικουλ - [α]ριω (καὶ) ορφ - ανοτρο - φω+. The text reads: Κύριε βοήθει Στεφάνῳ κουβικουλαρίῳ καὶ ὀρφανοτρόφῳ. For the date, see Zacos and Veglery, Seals, note ad loc..
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