Thomas metropolitan of Patras (ninth/tenth century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Andrew holding a patriarchal cross. Within a border of dots, a circular inscription.
ΑΓ,ΑΝΔΡΕΑ..ΗΘ
Ἅγιε Ἀνδρέα βοήθει
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, probably beginning with a cross. Border of dots.
...ΜΑ
ΜΗΤΡΠ
ΟΛΙΤΗΠΑ
ΤΡΝ
Θωμᾷ μητρωπολίτῃ Πατρῶν
Obverse
Bust of St. Andrew holding a patriarchal cross. Within a border of dots, a circular inscription.
ΑΓ,ΑΝΔΡΕΑ..ΗΘ
Ἅγιε Ἀνδρέα βοήθει
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, probably beginning with a cross. Border of dots.
...ΜΑ
ΜΗΤΡΠ
ΟΛΙΤΗΠΑ
ΤΡΝ
Θωμᾷ μητρωπολίτῃ Πατρῶν
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.3331 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 18.0 mm; field: 14.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 34.7. |
Translation
Ἅγιε Ἀνδρέα βοήθει Θωμᾷ μητρωπολίτῃ Πατρῶν.
St. Andrew, help Thomas metropolitan of Patras.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- Corinth, Vol. 12, The Minor Objects (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
- La Morée franque: Recherches historiques, topographiques et archéologiques sur la principauté d’Achaïe (1205-1430) (Open in Zotero)