The protos of (Mount) Papikion (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin, orans, with medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: ΜΡ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin, orans, with medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: ΜΡ̅ΘΥ̅ : Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.
θκ̅ε
οηθει
τοπροτ,
τππι
κιου
Θεοτόκε βοήθει το πρότῳ τοῦ Παπικίου
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.212 |
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Diameter | 19.0 mm; field: 13.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Laurent, Corpus V/2, no. 1237. Laurent republishes the seal according to three other copies that exist, but produces our seal in the plates. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει το πρότῳ τοῦ Παπικίου.
Theotokos, help the protos of (Mount) Papikion.
Bibliography
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)