Marinos bishop of Athens (seventh/eighth centuryc., probably before 704)
Obverse
Inscription of three lines, cross between tendrils below. Wreath border.
ΘΕ
ΟΤΟΚΕ
ΟΗΘΗ
Θεοτόκε βοήθη
Obverse
Inscription of three lines, cross between tendrils below. Wreath border.
ΘΕ
ΟΤΟΚΕ
ΟΗΘΗ
Θεοτόκε βοήθη
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.
Μ
ΡΙΝΕ
ΠΙΣΚΟΠ
Θ
Ν
Μαρίνῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Ἀθηνῶν
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.350 |
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Diameter | 27.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 9.3. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθη Μαρίνῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Ἀθηνῶν.
Mother of God, help Marinos bishop of Athens.
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
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin, vol. 5, L’Église
- Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. 1
- Tὰ χαράγματα τοῦ Παρθενῶς
- Documents de sigillographie byzantine: La collection C. Orghidan
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae
- Die Tarchaneiotai: Eine prosopographisch-sigillographische Studie
- Hellas und Thessalia
- Realities of Byzantine Provincial Government: Hellas and Peloponnesos, 1180-1205
- La géographie ecclésiastique de l'empire byzantin, vol. 2, Les églises et les monastères des grands centres byzantins
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium
- Athen in Byzanz: Traum und Realität
Commentary
Line 4 (rev.): the initial letters ΑΘ in ΑΘΝ are broken and so Laurent misread them. Our seal can reasonably be attributed to Marinos of Athens who died in April of 704 (Orlandos-Branouses, no. 80).