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Theodore (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St Theodore, holding a spear in his right hand. Inscription: ̣|θε|.δ̣||ρ̣ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θε[ό]δωρ(ος). Border of dots. 

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. No border visible.

λ̣ογσ
σφραγ,ζ
τθ
ρ,ενγρΑ̣
φ

λόγους σφραγ(ί)ζω τοῦ Θωδώρ(ου) ἐνγράφω(ς)

Obverse

Bust of St Theodore, holding a spear in his right hand. Inscription: ̣|θε|.δ̣||ρ̣ : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θε[ό]δωρ(ος). Border of dots. 

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. No border visible.

λ̣ογσ
σφραγ,ζ
τθ
ρ,ενγρΑ̣
φ

λόγους σφραγ(ί)ζω τοῦ Θωδώρ(ου) ἐνγράφω(ς)

Accession number BZS.1955.1.3673
Diameter 12.0 mm
Previous Editions

This inscription should be added to the entry in Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 1326.

Translation

λόγους σφραγίζω τοῦ Θωδώρου ἐνγράφως.

I seal the words of Theodore in writing.

Commentary

Metrical inscription in which the name Θεόδωρος is condensed into Θώδωρος for sake of the metre.