Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4834 |
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Diameter | 25 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 83.9. |
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding Christ. Sigla: ̅Θ: Μή(τηρ) Θ(ε)οῦ. Within a border of dots, a circular inscription.
ΘΚΕ,Θ,ΤΣΔΛ,
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, decorations above and below. Border of dots.
+ΣΤΕ
.ΑΝΜΗ
.ΡΟΠΟΛΙΤ,
.ΙΚΟΜΗ
.ΕΙΑΣ
Στεφάνῳ μητροπολίτῃ Νικομηδείας
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Στεφάνῳ μητροπολίτῃ Νικομηδείας.
Mother of God, help your servant Stephen, metropolitan of Nikomedeia.
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4834 |
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Diameter | 25 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 83.9. |
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin, vol. 5, L’Église
- Istoriceskoe znacenie italo-greceskoj ikonopisi: Izobra zenija Bogomatera v prozvedenijah italo-greceskih ikonopiscev i ih vlijanie na kompozicii nekotoryh proslavlennyh russkih ikon
- Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. 2
- Le livre du préfet; ou, L’édit de l'empereur Léon le Sage sur les corporations de Constantinople
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert
Commentary
Laurent is correct that the Stephanos of the present seal cannot be the same as the owner of the same name recorded on BZS 1951.31.5.871 and 1958.106.285.