Constantine archbishop of Apameia (eleventh century)
Obverse
Two bearded saints standing to front: the one at left has a long beard, blesses with his right hand, and holds a long cross with his left hand; vertical inscription: |γε|.μ|.ν,|σ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γε[ρ]μ[α]ν(ό)ς, no doubt the patriarch of Constantinople (Syn. Eccl. CP, 677, line 20); the other saint has a shorter beard and holds a rotulus in his right hand and an unidentified object in his left hand.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
ΚΝ
αρχ'επ
σκοποα
παμι.
Κων(σταντίνῳ) ἀρχ(ι)επ[ι]σκόπο Ἀπαμί[ας]
Obverse
Two bearded saints standing to front: the one at left has a long beard, blesses with his right hand, and holds a long cross with his left hand; vertical inscription: |γε|.μ|.ν,|σ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Γε[ρ]μ[α]ν(ό)ς, no doubt the patriarch of Constantinople (Syn. Eccl. CP, 677, line 20); the other saint has a shorter beard and holds a rotulus in his right hand and an unidentified object in his left hand.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
ΚΝ
αρχ'επ
σκοποα
παμι.
Κων(σταντίνῳ) ἀρχ(ι)επ[ι]σκόπο Ἀπαμί[ας]
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.174 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 18.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 43.2; Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 820. |
Translation
Κωνσταντίνῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπο Ἀπαμίας.
Constantine, archbishop of Apameia.
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)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- Synaxarium ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae e codice Sirmondiano nunc Berolinensi (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Apameia (close to modern Moudania) is located northwest of Broussa. It was a bishopric before 381, archbishopric before the mid-seventh century, metropolis between 1066 and 1071, and mentioned for the last time in 1318 (Darrouzès, Notitiae, 123, 126; Laurent, Corpus V/1, 616). It must be distinguished from the bishopric of Apameia of Pisidia.