Leontios bishop of Sora (tenth century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on three steps, with fleurons rising to the lower crossbar. No epigraphy. Border of dots.
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on three steps, with fleurons rising to the lower crossbar. No epigraphy. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines.
ΚΕΘ
..ΣΔΛ
..ΟΝΤΙΕ
ΠΙΣΚΟΠ
ΣΡ
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λεοντίῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Σορῶν
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4658 |
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Diameter | 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 21.1. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λεοντίῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Σορῶν.
Lord, help your servant Leontios, bishop of Sora.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)