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Leo oikonomos of Panion (eleventh/twelfth century)

 
 

Obverse

St. Michael standing, holding a long sceptre surmounted by a trefoil ornament and a globus cruciger. Vertical inscription at right: Χ|Μ: Μ(ι)χ(αήλ). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

ΚΕΘ,
ΛΕΟΝΤΙ
ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜ,
ΠΑΝΙ
 · 

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Λέοντι οἰκονόμ(ῳ) Πανίου

Obverse

St. Michael standing, holding a long sceptre surmounted by a trefoil ornament and a globus cruciger. Vertical inscription at right: Χ|Μ: Μ(ι)χ(αήλ). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

ΚΕΘ,
ΛΕΟΝΤΙ
ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜ,
ΠΑΝΙ
 · 

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) Λέοντι οἰκονόμ(ῳ) Πανίου

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1178
Diameter 20.0 mm; field: 14.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 57.4; and Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 323.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Λέοντι οἰκονόμῳ Πανίου.

Lord, help Leo, oikonomos of Panion.

Commentary

The diocese, modern Panados, was located along the coastline of the Sea of Marmara in the vicinity of Raidestos. It was a suffragan bishopric of Herakleia. Cf. Laurent, Corpus V/1, 222 and Asdracha, Thrace orientale, 248-49, 293-94.

Bibliography

  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • 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)
  • La Thrace Orientale et La Mer Noire: Géographie Ecclésiastique et Prosopographie (VIIIe-XIIe Siècles) (Open in Zotero)