Theodore hypatos and dioiketes of Nakoleia (ninth/tenth century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on four steps. Along a double border of dots, inscription, beginning at 7 o'clock.
ΚΕΟΗΘΤΣΔΟΥΛ/
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by a row of dots. Double border of dots.
ΘΕΟΔ
ΟΡΥΠΑΤ,
ΔΙΥΚ,
ΝΑΚΟΛ,
Θεοδόρῳ ὑπάτῳ καὶ διυκητῇ Νακολείας
Obverse
Patriarchal cross on four steps. Along a double border of dots, inscription, beginning at 7 o'clock.
ΚΕΟΗΘΤΣΔΟΥΛ/
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by a row of dots. Double border of dots.
ΘΕΟΔ
ΟΡΥΠΑΤ,
ΔΙΥΚ,
ΝΑΚΟΛ,
Θεοδόρῳ ὑπάτῳ καὶ διυκητῇ Νακολείας
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.1659 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 22.0 mm; field: 19.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 93.1a. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοδόρῳ ὑπάτῳ καὶ διυκητῇ Νακολείας.
Lord, help your servant Theodore, hypatos and dioiketes of Nakoleia.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
- Phrygien und Pisidien (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Nakoleia (modern Seyitgazi, 38 km southwest of Eski Şehir) was a bishopric of Synada, then archbishopric (ninth century), then metropolis (before 1066). It also had some administrative importance as shown by the existence of a dioikesis named after the city. See Zgusta, 418; Phrygien und Pisidien, 344-46; ODB II, 1434.