John metropolitan of Ainos (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin with both hands raised before her. Sigla: ΘΥ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Traces of circular inscription. Border of dots.
ΘΚΕΟΗΘΕΙΤ..ΔΛ
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin with both hands raised before her. Sigla: ΘΥ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Traces of circular inscription. Border of dots.
ΘΚΕΟΗΘΕΙΤ..ΔΛ
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, the final letter between bars. Border of dots.
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ΜΙΤΡΟ
ΠΟΛΙΤΗ
ΤΗΣΕΝ
Ἰωάννῃ μιτροπολίτῃ τῆς Ἔνου
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4811 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 45.3. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Ἰωάννῃ μιτροπολίτῃ τῆς Ἔνου.
Theotokos, help your servant John metropolitan of Ainos.
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)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- La Thrace Orientale et La Mer Noire: Géographie Ecclésiastique et Prosopographie (VIIIe-XIIe Siècles) (Open in Zotero)
- Les Rhodopes dans la deuxième moitié du XIIIe s: prosopographie (Open in Zotero)
- Pernik (Open in Zotero)
- Enez (Ainos) Araştırmaları (Open in Zotero)
- Enez (Ainos) Kazıları (Open in Zotero)
- Enez Limanının Değişen Öneminde Deltasının (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The present specimen is very similar to that published by Zacos, Seals II, no. 511; it could have belonged to the same owner at a later date, because in the meantime John had obtained the title of synkellos.