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Sergios metropolitan of Corinth (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Saint Theodore standing, holding a spear and a shield resting on the ground. Vertical Inscription: |Θ|Ε|Ω| Δ|ΟΡ|Ο|: Ὅ ἅγιος Θεώδορος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΘΥΤ
ΚΟΡΙΝΘ
..ΡΓΙΟΝ
Μ.ΡΤΥΣ
ΣΚΕΠ,

Θύτην Κορίνθου Σέργιον, μάρτυς, σκέποις

Obverse

Saint Theodore standing, holding a spear and a shield resting on the ground. Vertical Inscription: |Θ|Ε|Ω| Δ|ΟΡ|Ο|: Ὅ ἅγιος Θεώδορος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

ΘΥΤ
ΚΟΡΙΝΘ
..ΡΓΙΟΝ
Μ.ΡΤΥΣ
ΣΚΕΠ,

Θύτην Κορίνθου Σέργιον, μάρτυς, σκέποις

Accession number BZS.1958.106.1950
Diameter 20.0 mm; field: 18.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 25.4b; Laurent, Corpus V/3, no. 1748. See also Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 952.

Translation

Θύτην Κορίνθου Σέργιον, μάρτυς, σκέποις.

Martyr, may you protect Sergios, metropolitan of Corinth.

Commentary

See the commentary to the parallel specimen, BZS 1947.2.475.

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 (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Corinth, Vol. 12, The Minor Objects (Open in Zotero)
  • Sur la route des saints byzantins (Open in Zotero)
  • Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)
  • Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)