Theod(....?) bishop (?) of Raidestos (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding, it seems, medallion of Christ before her. Remains of sigla: ΘΥ: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding, it seems, medallion of Christ before her. Remains of sigla: ΘΥ: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΚΕ
ΘΕΟ
ΕΠΙ
ΑΙΔ
Τ
Κύριε βοήθει Θεοδώρῳ? ἐπισκόπῳ? Ῥαιδεστοῦ
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.1873 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 59.8. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Θεοδώρῳ (?) ἐπισκόπῳ (?) Ῥαιδεστοῦ.
Lord, help Theodore (?) bishop (?) of Raidestos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- La Thrace Orientale et La Mer Noire: Géographie Ecclésiastique et Prosopographie (VIIIe-XIIe Siècles) (Open in Zotero)
- History of the Byzantine State (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
See also Asdracha, Thrace orientale, 293. The reconstruction of the name is uncertain: Theodore, Theodosios, Theodotos, Theodoulos are equally possible; the office is also uncertain, as the reading ἐπισκεπτίτῃ is possible yet less likely, since one would expect an episkeptites to hold an honorific title as well.