Theodore metropolitan of Chalcedon (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Indistinct bust of the Virgin holding the medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: ΜΡ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Within a border of dots, traces of a circular inscription.
+ΘΚΕ...........Λ
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
+..Ο
ΔΡ,Μ̅Ρ̅Ο̅
ΠΟΛΙΤ,
ΧΑΛΚΗ
Δ
Θεοδώρῳ μητροπολίτῃ Χαλκηδόνος
Obverse
Indistinct bust of the Virgin holding the medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: ΜΡ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Within a border of dots, traces of a circular inscription.
+ΘΚΕ...........Λ
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
+..Ο
ΔΡ,Μ̅Ρ̅Ο̅
ΠΟΛΙΤ,
ΧΑΛΚΗ
Δ
Θεοδώρῳ μητροπολίτῃ Χαλκηδόνος
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4836 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 20.0 mm; field: 16.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 77.8. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοδώρῳ μητροπολίτῃ Χαλκηδόνος.
Mother of God, help your servant Theodore, metropolitan of Chalcedon.
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 (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- La géographie ecclésiastique de l’empire byzantin, vol. 2, Les églises et les monastères des grands centres byzantins (Open in Zotero)
- Syntagma tōn theiōn kai hierōn kanonōn tōn te hagiōn kai paneuphēmōn apostolōn (Open in Zotero)
- Erlasse des Patriarchen von Konstantinopel Alexios Studites (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The prelate attested here may be the Theodore who is known to have held the office in 1027-1030 (Rhallès-Potlès V, 24, 32; Ficker, Erlasse, 19.