Akindynos bishop of Panidos (ninth/twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin (partially obliterated), holding medallion of Christ before her. In the circumference, between two borders of dots, remnants of inscription.
...ΟΗΘΕΙ....
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. No visible border.
.ΑΚΙΝ
ΔΥΝΕΠΙ
ΣΚΠΠ
ΑΝΙΔ
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀκινδύνῳ ἐπισκώπῳ Πανίδου
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin (partially obliterated), holding medallion of Christ before her. In the circumference, between two borders of dots, remnants of inscription.
...ΟΗΘΕΙ....
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. No visible border.
.ΑΚΙΝ
ΔΥΝΕΠΙ
ΣΚΠΠ
ΑΝΙΔ
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀκινδύνῳ ἐπισκώπῳ Πανίδου
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1850 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 22.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 57.1. |
| Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἀκινδύνῳ ἐπισκώπῳ Πανίδου.
Theotokos, help your servant Akindynos bishop of Panidos.
Bibliography
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Cf. Asdracha, Thrace orientale, 293.
The diocese, modern Panados, was located along the coastline of the Sea of Marmara in the vicinity of Raidestos. It was a suffragan bishopric of Herakleia. Cf. Laurent, Corpus V/1, 222 and Asdracha Thrace orientale, 248-49, 293-94.