Romanos pastor of Thessaly (= metropolitan of Thessalonica) (twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Demetrios holding spear and shield. Inscription: Ο|ΔΗ|ΜΗΤ|ΡΙ|ΟΣ: Ὁ ἅγιος Δημήτριος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
ΣΚΕΠΟΙΣ
ΡΜΑΝΟΝ
ΠΟΙΜΕΝΑΘΕ
ΤΤΑΛΙΑΣ
Σκέποις Ῥωμανὸν ποιμένα Θετταλίας
Obverse
Bust of St. Demetrios holding spear and shield. Inscription: Ο|ΔΗ|ΜΗΤ|ΡΙ|ΟΣ: Ὁ ἅγιος Δημήτριος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.
ΣΚΕΠΟΙΣ
ΡΜΑΝΟΝ
ΠΟΙΜΕΝΑΘΕ
ΤΤΑΛΙΑΣ
Σκέποις Ῥωμανὸν ποιμένα Θετταλίας
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.456 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 26.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 18.88b. |
Translation
Σκέποις Ῥωμανὸν ποιμένα Θετταλίας.
May you protect Romanos, pastor of Thessaly.
Bibliography
- 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)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Le Synodikon de l’orthodoxie: Édition et commentaire (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
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- Byzantinische Bleisiegel in Berlin (West) (Open in Zotero)
- Le kommerkion d’Abydos, Thessalonique et le commerce bulgare du 9e siècle (Open in Zotero)
- Recherches sur les douanes à Byzance: L’octava, le "kommerkion" et les commerciares (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Les plus anciens recueils des miracles de Saint Démétrius et la pénétration des Slaves dans les Balkans (Open in Zotero)
- L’éparque de Thessalonique: les origines d'une institution administrative (VIIIe-IXe siècles) (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The reading of this specimen has been combined with that of its counterpart from the same boulloterion: BZS 1958.106.455.