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Theodore Kalotas (twelfth century, second half)

 
 

Obverse

St. Theodore standing, holding a spear and a shield. Sigla: |ΘΕ|ΟΔ|ΡΟ|Σ: Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδωρος. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.

ΣΦΡ
ΓΙΣΚΛΤ
ΤΝΓΡ
ΦΝΘΕΟ
ΡΟΥ

Σφραγὶς Καλωτᾶ τῶν γραφῶν Θεοδώρου

Obverse

St. Theodore standing, holding a spear and a shield. Sigla: |ΘΕ|ΟΔ|ΡΟ|Σ: Ὁ ἅ(γιος) Θεόδωρος. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Border of dots.

ΣΦΡ
ΓΙΣΚΛΤ
ΤΝΓΡ
ΦΝΘΕΟ
ΡΟΥ

Σφραγὶς Καλωτᾶ τῶν γραφῶν Θεοδώρου

Accession number BZS.1958.106.2329
Diameter 29.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 2487.

Translation

Σφραγὶς Καλωτᾶ τῶν γραφῶν Θεοδώρου.

This is the seal of correspondence of Theodore Kalotas.

 

Commentary

Dodecasyllabic. Wassiliou-Seibt dates this seal to the second half of the twelfth century.

Bibliography

  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)