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Basil metropolitan of Klaudioupolis (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Michael holding a scepter in his right hand and a globus in his left hand. Inscription in two columns: μ|ι-χ|α : Μιχα(ήλ). Circular inscription, beginning at twelve o'clock, between a double border of dots:

κεRοηθητσ..........ει

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῷ σ[ῷ δούλῳ Βασιλ]είῳ

Reverse

Bust of St. John the Theologian blessing in his right hand and holding a book in his left hand. Inscription in two columns: |ι̅ω|ο-θ|ε|ολ|γ : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Θεόλ(ο)γ(ος). Circular inscription, beginning at twelve o'clock, between a double border of dots.

 

 


μροπολιτηκ....ιουπολεσ.

μ(ητ)ροπολίτῃ Κ[λαυδ]ιουπόλεως

Obverse

Bust of St. Michael holding a scepter in his right hand and a globus in his left hand. Inscription in two columns: μ|ι-χ|α : Μιχα(ήλ). Circular inscription, beginning at twelve o'clock, between a double border of dots:

κεRοηθητσ..........ει

Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῷ σ[ῷ δούλῳ Βασιλ]είῳ

Reverse

Bust of St. John the Theologian blessing in his right hand and holding a book in his left hand. Inscription in two columns: |ι̅ω|ο-θ|ε|ολ|γ : Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης) ὁ Θεόλ(ο)γ(ος). Circular inscription, beginning at twelve o'clock, between a double border of dots.

 

 


μροπολιτηκ....ιουπολεσ.

μ(ητ)ροπολίτῃ Κ[λαυδ]ιουπόλεως

Accession number BZS.1958.106.97
Diameter 28.0 mm; field: 23.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 7.2.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Βασιλείῳ μητροπολίτῃ Κλαυδιουπόλεως.

Lord, help your servant Basil, metropolitan of Klaudioupolis.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
  • Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)