Constantine metropolitan of Asmosaton (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding a medallion of Christ; pellets above her shoulders. Sigla: ̅-θ̅υ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin holding a medallion of Christ; pellets above her shoulders. Sigla: ̅-θ̅υ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
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Κων[σ]ταντ[(ί)ν(ου) μητ]ροπολ(ίτου) [Ἀ]σμοσάτ(ου)
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.359 |
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Diameter | 23.0 mm; field: 21.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 58.1. Laurent, Corpus V/3, no. 1801. |
Translation
Κωνσταντίνου μητροπολίτου Ἀσμοσάτου.
Constantine, metropolitan of Asmosaton.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- Studies in Byzantine Sigillography (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Modern Ašmušat, located near the southern bank of the Murad-su (Arsanias river; cf. Listes, 360). The metropolis seems to have been established at the same time as the creation of the theme of Asmosaton (shortly after 938; Listes, 360) and continued to exist until the Seljuk invasion of the area after 1050. See Laurent, Corpus V/3, 143; Darrouzès, Notitiae, no. 6, l. 57, no. 9, l. 559, no. 10, l.798, no. 13, l. 815; cf. SBS 6 (1999) 81.