The (metropolitan) of Kyzikos (twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin orans, with the medallion of Christ before her. On either side the sigla: ΘY: Mή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin orans, with the medallion of Christ before her. On either side the sigla: ΘY: Mή(τη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
+ΤΟΝ
ΚΥΙΚΟΥ
ΠΡΟΜΑΧΑΓ
ΜΕΣΚΕΠΟΙ
Σ
Τὸν Κυζίκου, πρόμαχ(ος) Ἀγνή, με σκέποις
Accession number | BZS.1947.2.1912 |
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Diameter | 21.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 53.10. |
Translation
Τὸν Κυζίκου, πρόμαχ(ος) Ἀγνή, με σκέποις.
Holy One and champion, may you watch over me, the (metropolitan) of Kyzikos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Dodecasyllable. We follow Laurent in considering πρόμαχ(ος) as an epithet of the Virgin (ἀγνή).