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
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.
Μ
ΡΙΝΕ
ΠΙΣΚΟΠ
Θ
Ν
Μαρίνῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Ἀθηνῶν
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 |
|---|---|
| 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).