Stylianos bishop of Hexamilion (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. John Prodromos. Inscription in two columns: |ΟΠΡ|Δ|Μ: Ὁ ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Πρόδρομος. No visible border.
Obverse
Bust of St. John Prodromos. Inscription in two columns: |ΟΠΡ|Δ|Μ: Ὁ ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Πρόδρομος. No visible border.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
ΚΕ,
ΤΣΔ.
ΣΤΥΛΙΑΝ
ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠ
ΕΞΑΜΙ
ΛΙ
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Στυλιανῷ ἐπισκόπῳ Ἑξαμιλίου
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.112 |
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Diameter | 18.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 54.4. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Στυλιανῷ ἐπισκόπῳ Ἑξαμιλίου.
Lord, help your servant Stylianos bishop of Hexamilion.
Bibliography
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- La Thrace Orientale et La Mer Noire: Géographie Ecclésiastique et Prosopographie (VIIIe-XIIe Siècles) (Open in Zotero)
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Another specimen (from a different boulloterion) issued in the name of a Stylianos and decorated with a representation of the Forerunner, is found in the Vienna collection (Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 325). Laurent is probably correct that both specimens were used by the same person. Cf. Asdracha, Thrace orientale, 295.