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The archbishop of Thessalonica (eighth/ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type XIII). No epigraphy in the quarters. Indeterminate border.

Ἁγία Τριὰς βοήθει

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

ΑΡΧΙΕ
ΠΙΣΚΟΠ
ΟΥΘΕΣΣΑ
ΛΟΝΙΚ
ΗΣ

ἀρχιεπισκόπου Θεσσαλονίκης

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram (type XIII). No epigraphy in the quarters. Indeterminate border.

Ἁγία Τριὰς βοήθει

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.

ΑΡΧΙΕ
ΠΙΣΚΟΠ
ΟΥΘΕΣΣΑ
ΛΟΝΙΚ
ΗΣ

ἀρχιεπισκόπου Θεσσαλονίκης

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4715
Diameter 35.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 18.90.
Laurent, Corpus V/3, no. 1726.
Zacos-Veglery, no. 1677.

Translation

Ἁγία Τριὰς βοήθει ἀρχιεπισκόπου Θεσσαλονίκης.

Holy Trinity, help the archbishop of Thessalonica.

Commentary

The name of this archbishop could have been spelled out in the four quarters, but unfortunately no letters remain.

Bibliography

  • 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)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
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  • Byzantinische Bleisiegel in Berlin (West) (Open in Zotero)
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  • Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
  • Les plus anciens recueils des miracles de Saint Démétrius et la pénétration des Slaves dans les Balkans (Open in Zotero)
  • L’éparque de Thessalonique: les origines d'une institution administrative (VIIIe-IXe siècles) (Open in Zotero)