Andrew proedros (= metropolitan) of Crete (eighth century)
- Accession Number:
- BZS.1955.1.4973
Previous Editions
DO Seals 2, no. 36.8b.
Zacos-Veglery, no. 1293 (this specimen, our parallel and a third specimen).
Cf. Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 619, who reedited a parallel specimen, found at Knossos and kept in the Herakleion Museum, first published by S. Xanthoudides, EEBS 2 (1925) 44-47 (illustrated, 48, no. 7). Laurent illustrates our parallel to this specimen.
Cf. also SBS 2 (1990) 144, no. 3.
Details
- Diameter:
- 28 mm
- Field:
- 25 mm
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
Translation
Κρήτης πρόεδρον, Χριστὲ, σῴζοις Ἀνδρέαν.
Christ, save Andrew proedros of Crete.
Bibliography
- A Collection of Dated Byzantine Lead Seals
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- Les îles de l'empire byzantin
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- The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
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- Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. 1
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Commentary
See the commentary to the better preserved parallel BZS 1958.106.5521.