Gregory metropolitan of Serres (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Gregory holding book. Inscription in two columns: |ΓΡ|ΗΓΟ|Ρ|Ο|Σ: Ὁ ἅγιος Γρηγόριος. Circular inscription along border of dots.
κεοηθ,τσδ,
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Bust of St. Gregory holding book. Inscription in two columns: |ΓΡ|ΗΓΟ|Ρ|Ο|Σ: Ὁ ἅγιος Γρηγόριος. Circular inscription along border of dots.
κεοηθ,τσδ,
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by decoration, the final three letters between two pellets.
ΓΡΗΓΟ
ΡΙΜ̅Ρ̅Ο
ΠΟΛΙΤ,ΣΕΡ
·ΡΝ·
·
Γρηγορίῳ μητροπολίτῃ Σερρῶν
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.357 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm; field: 21.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 42.2. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Γρηγορίῳ μητροπολίτῃ Σερρῶν.
Lord, help your servant Gregory metropolitan of Serres.
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)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This seal and BZS 1958.106.40 are of the same type and could have belonged to the same individual before and after he obtained the title of synkellos.