Sergios bishop of Samos (?) (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. John the Baptist holding a staff cross. On either side the inscription: |Ι̅|ΟΠ|Ρ|Δ: ὁ ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Πρόδρομος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five line. Border of dots.
ΚΕΟ
ΗΘ,ΤΣ
Δ,ΣΕΡΓΙΟ
ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠ,
.ΑΜ
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Σεργίο ἐπισκόπῳ Σάμου (?)
Obverse
Bust of St. John the Baptist holding a staff cross. On either side the inscription: |Ι̅|ΟΠ|Ρ|Δ: ὁ ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ Πρόδρομος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five line. Border of dots.
ΚΕΟ
ΗΘ,ΤΣ
Δ,ΣΕΡΓΙΟ
ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠ,
.ΑΜ
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Σεργίο ἐπισκόπῳ Σάμου (?)
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4671 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 23.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 44.16. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Σεργίο ἐπισκόπῳ Σάμου (?).
Lord, help your servant Sergios bishop of Samos (?).
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, south of Asia Minor
- Samos in frühchristlicher und byzantinischer Zeit
- Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. 1
- Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. 2
- Βυζαντιακὰ μολυβδόβουλλα τοῦ ἐν ἈΘήναις Ἐθνικοῦ Νομισματικοῦ Μουσείου
- De Thematibus
- Monumenta Latrensia hagiographica
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin, vol. 5, L’Église
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium
- Les îles de l'empire byzantin
- The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
Commentary
Alternatively the see could be read Λάμου (suffragan bishopric of Seleukeia in Pamphylia), but we think that the missing letter at the beginning of line 5 has a rounded left side and could be a Σ rather than a Λ. But this is not certain.