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Theodosios metropolitan of Chalcedon (ninth century)

 
 

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram of Χριστὲ βοήθει. In the quarters: ΤΣ|.ΛΟ. Wreath border.

Χριστὲ βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλο

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a decoration below. Wreath border.

ΘΕΟΔΟ.
ΙΜΗΤΡΟΠ
.ΛΗ.ΗΧΑΛ
ΗΔΟΝΟΣ

Θεοδοσίῳ μητροπολήτῃ Χαλκηδόνος

Obverse

Cruciform invocative monogram of Χριστὲ βοήθει. In the quarters: ΤΣ|.ΛΟ. Wreath border.

Χριστὲ βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλο

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a decoration below. Wreath border.

ΘΕΟΔΟ.
ΙΜΗΤΡΟΠ
.ΛΗ.ΗΧΑΛ
ΗΔΟΝΟΣ

Θεοδοσίῳ μητροπολήτῃ Χαλκηδόνος

Accession number BZS.1958.106.295
Diameter 29.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 77.9.
Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 400.

Translation

Χριστὲ βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλο Θεοδοσίῳ μητροπολήτῃ Χαλκηδόνος.

Christ, help your servant Theodosios, metropolitan of Chalcedon.

Commentary

Laurent read this monogram on the obverse as Κύριε βοήθει, but the letter on the left is clearly Χ, for Χριστέ.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • La géographie ecclésiastique de l’empire byzantin, vol. 2, Les églises et les monastères des grands centres byzantins (Open in Zotero)