Nicholas monk and metropolitan of Herakleia (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas blessing, holding a book in his left hand. Inscription in two columns: |Ν|Ι|Λ|ΑΟ|Σ: Ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas blessing, holding a book in his left hand. Inscription in two columns: |Ν|Ι|Λ|ΑΟ|Σ: Ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines preceded by an ornament, the final letter between bars. Border of dots.
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ΝΙΚΟ
ΛΑ,ᾹΧ̄ΜΗ
ΤΡΟΠΟΛ
Η.ΑΚΛΙ
Α,
Νικόλαος μοναχός, μητροπολίτης Ἡρακλίας
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.264 |
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Diameter | 22.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 53.7. |
Translation
Νικόλαος μοναχός, μητροπολίτης Ἡρακλίας.
Nicholas monk, and metropolitan of Herakleia.
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)
- La Thrace Orientale et La Mer Noire: Géographie Ecclésiastique et Prosopographie (VIIIe-XIIe Siècles) (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Cf. Asdracha, Thrace orientale, 271.