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Eustratios (eleventh century, second half)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Eustratios. Details indistinct. Faintly preserved epigraphy on either side: |ευ|στ|ρ|α|τι|οσ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Εὐστράτιος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines (with a cross above, not preserved here, but known from the parallel specimen noted in this entry). Border of dots.

φρ̣α.ι,
ραφασπι
τσατασ
ε̣υστρα
τι

[σ]φρα[γ]ὶ(ς) [γ]ραφὰς πι[σ]τοῦσα τὰς Εὐστρατίου

Obverse

Bust of St. Eustratios. Details indistinct. Faintly preserved epigraphy on either side: |ευ|στ|ρ|α|τι|οσ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Εὐστράτιος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines (with a cross above, not preserved here, but known from the parallel specimen noted in this entry). Border of dots.

φρ̣α.ι,
ραφασπι
τσατασ
ε̣υστρα
τι

[σ]φρα[γ]ὶ(ς) [γ]ραφὰς πι[σ]τοῦσα τὰς Εὐστρατίου

Accession number BZS.1955.1.3739
Diameter 22.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 2386.

Translation

σφραγὶς γραφὰς πιστοῦσα τὰς Εὐστρατίου.

Seal verifying the correspondence of Eustratios.

Commentary

Bibliography

  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)