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Eustathios bishop of Tyana (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. John the Baptist with his right hand upraised, holding a long cross over his left shoulder. Vertical inscription at left: ο| : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης)] ὁ Πρ(όδρομος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

+κ̅εRθ,
ευσταθ,
επισκοπ
τυαν

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Εὐσταθ(ίῳ) ἐπισκόπ(ῳ) Τυάνω(ν)

Obverse

Bust of St. John the Baptist with his right hand upraised, holding a long cross over his left shoulder. Vertical inscription at left: ο| : [ὁ ἅ(γιος) Ἰω(άννης)] ὁ Πρ(όδρομος). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

+κ̅εRθ,
ευσταθ,
επισκοπ
τυαν

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Εὐσταθ(ίῳ) ἐπισκόπ(ῳ) Τυάνω(ν)

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1093
Diameter 15.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 47.2; and Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 437.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Εὐσταθίῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Τυάνων.

Lord, help Eustathios, bishop of Tyana.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
  • Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
  • Kappadokien (Kappadokia, Charsianon, Sebasteia und Lykandos) (Open in Zotero)
  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
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  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)