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Niketas bishop of Madyta (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin holding Christ. Sigla: ..: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by decoration. Border of dots.

·
.ΘΚ̅Ε,

.ΝΙΚΗΤ,
.ΠΙΣΚΟΠ
ΜΑΔΥΤ,

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Νικήτ πισκόπ Μαδύτων

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin holding Christ. Sigla: ..: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by decoration. Border of dots.

·
.ΘΚ̅Ε,

.ΝΙΚΗΤ,
.ΠΙΣΚΟΠ
ΜΑΔΥΤ,

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Νικήτ πισκόπ Μαδύτων

Accession number BZS.1958.106.66
Diameter 25.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 55.3.
Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 331.

Translation

Θεοτόκε βοήθει Νικήτᾳ ἐπισκόπῳ Μαδύτων.

Theotokos, help Niketas bishop of Madyta.

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)
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  • Regesten der Kaiserurkunden des Oströmischen Reiches von 565–1453 (Open in Zotero)
  • A Collection of Dated Byzantine Lead Seals (Open in Zotero)
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  • Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)