Andrew proedros (= metropolitan) of Crete (eighth century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Titos offering a blessing and holding book. Vertical inscription: Ο|Α|ΓΙ|Ο|Σ|Τ|Ι|ΤΟ|Σ: ὁ ἅγιος Τίτος. Wreath border.
Reverse
Cruciform monogram: Ἀνδρέαν. Within concentric circles of dots a circular inscription beginning at the top.
ΚΡΗΤΗΣΠΡΟΕΔΡΟΝΧΡΙΣΤΕΣΖΟΙΣ
Κρήτης πρόεδρον, Χριστὲ, σῴζοις Ἀνδρέαν
Obverse
Bust of St. Titos offering a blessing and holding book. Vertical inscription: Ο|Α|ΓΙ|Ο|Σ|Τ|Ι|ΤΟ|Σ: ὁ ἅγιος Τίτος. Wreath border.
Reverse
Cruciform monogram: Ἀνδρέαν. Within concentric circles of dots a circular inscription beginning at the top.
ΚΡΗΤΗΣΠΡΟΕΔΡΟΝΧΡΙΣΤΕΣΖΟΙΣ
Κρήτης πρόεδρον, Χριστὲ, σῴζοις Ἀνδρέαν
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4973 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 28.0 mm; field: 25.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 36.8b. |
Translation
Κρήτης πρόεδρον, Χριστὲ, σῴζοις Ἀνδρέαν.
Christ, save Andrew proedros of Crete.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, south of Asia Minor
- Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. 1
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin, vol. 5, L’Église
- A Collection of Dated Byzantine Lead Seals
- Byzantine Crete, from the 5th century to the Venetian Conquest
- Les îles de l'empire byzantin
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium
- The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
- Die byzantinische Armee im 10. und 11. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Organisation der Tagmata
- Ὁ ταξίαρχης Κρήτης
- Crete in the Conflicts of the Eighth Century
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung
- The Conquest of Crete by the Arabs (ca. 824): a Turning Point in the Struggle between Byzantium and Islam
Commentary
See the commentary to the better preserved parallel BZS 1958.106.5521.