Constantine proedros (metropolitan) of the Thessalians (twelfth century)
Obverse
St. Demetrios standing, holding spear. Inscription in two columns: |Δ|Η|Τ|ΡΙ|ΟΣ: Ὁ ἅγιος Δημήτριος. Border of dots.
Obverse
St. Demetrios standing, holding spear. Inscription in two columns: |Δ|Η|Τ|ΡΙ|ΟΣ: Ὁ ἅγιος Δημήτριος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines, cross above. Border of dots.
ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣ
ΠΡΟΕΔΡΟΥ
ΘΕΤΤΑΛ̀Ν
ΚΝΑΝ
ΤΙΝ
Σφραγὶς προέδρου Θετταλῶν Κωνσταντίνου
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.5030 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm; field: 17.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 18.81b. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Σφραγὶς προέδρου Θετταλῶν Κωνσταντίνου.
Seal of Constantine, metropolitan of the Thessalians.
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
- Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. 2
- Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. 1
- Silk Trade and Production in Byzantium from the Sixth to the Ninth Century: The Seals of Kommerkiarioi
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles
- Byzantinische Bleisiegel in Berlin (West)
- Le Synodikon de l’orthodoxie: Édition et commentaire
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin, vol. 5, L’Église
- Les plus anciens recueils des miracles de Saint Démétrius et la pénétration des Slaves dans les Balkans
- Le kommerkion d'Abydos, Thessalonique et le commerce bulgare du 9e siècle
- Recherches sur les douanes à Byzance: L'octava, le "kommerkion" et les commerciares
- L'éparque de Thessalonique: les origines d'une institution administrative (VIIIe-IXe siècles)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden Teil 2: N - Sphragis
Commentary
This specimen seems to come from the same boulloterion as BZS.1951.31.5.2016. See the commentary to that entry.