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Nicholas archbishop of Caesarea (eighth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram; visible in the lower quarters: - λ. No visible border.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. No visible border.

...
.ολα
αρχιε.
.σκοπ.
..σαρ.
.α.

Νικολάῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Καισαρείας

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram; visible in the lower quarters: - λ. No visible border.

Reverse

Inscription of six lines. No visible border.

...
.ολα
αρχιε.
.σκοπ.
..σαρ.
.α.

Νικολάῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Καισαρείας

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4713
Diameter 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 41.1.

Laurent, Corpus V/3, no. 1686.

Translation

Θεοτόκε or Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Νικολάῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Καισαρείας.

Theotokos or Lord, help your servant Nicholas, archbishop of Caesarea.

Bibliography

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