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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,τσδ,

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by decoration, the final three letters between two pellets.


ΓΡΗΓΟ
ΡΙΜ̅Ρ̅Ο
ΠΟΛΙΤ,ΣΕΡ
·ΡΝ
·
·

Γρηγορίῳ μητροπολίτ Σερρῶν

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,τσδ,

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ

Reverse

Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by decoration, the final three letters between two pellets.


ΓΡΗΓΟ
ΡΙΜ̅Ρ̅Ο
ΠΟΛΙΤ,ΣΕΡ
·ΡΝ
·
·

Γρηγορίῳ μητροπολίτ Σερρῶν

Accession number BZS.1958.106.357
Diameter 24.0 mm; field: 21.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 42.2.
Laurent, Corpus V/3, no. 1787.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Γρηγορίῳ μητροπολίτῃ Σερρῶν.

Lord, help your servant Gregory metropolitan of Serres.

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.

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)