Niketas monk and bishop of Assos (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas blessing with his right hand and holding a book in his left hand. On either side the inscription: |ν|ι-κ|ο|λ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλ(αος). Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas blessing with his right hand and holding a book in his left hand. On either side the inscription: |ν|ι-κ|ο|λ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικόλ(αος). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, preceded by a decoration. Border of dots.
– . –
νικητ,
αεπησκ,
ποτησα
σσου
Νικήτ(ᾳ) (μον)αχ(ῷ), ἐπησκ(ό)πο τῆς Ἀσσοῦ.
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.105 |
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Diameter | 23.0 mm; field: 19.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 9.1. Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 277. |
Translation
Νικήτᾳ μοναχῷ, ἐπησκόπο τῆς Ἀσσοῦ.
Niketas, monk (and) bishop of Assos.
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)
- Les évêchés suffragants d’Ephèse aux 5e-13e siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Assos (modern Bahramköy, in southern Troas) was a suffragan bishopric of Ephesos, appearing in all notitiae; its bishops are attested from 431 to 1229. See Laurent, Corpus V/1, 194; Culerrier, Suffragants d'Ephèse, 154 (episcopal list); Zgusta, 104.