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Theodore protoproedros (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

St. Theodore standing. Details indistinct. Traces of epigraphy at right: θ|ε|ο||ρ : [ὁ ἅγιος] Θεόδωρ(ος). Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.


ομνυ
μουντα
πρτοπρο
ερονσκε
ποισ

ὁμωνυμοῦντα πρωτοπρόεδρον σκέποις

Obverse

St. Theodore standing. Details indistinct. Traces of epigraphy at right: θ|ε|ο||ρ : [ὁ ἅγιος] Θεόδωρ(ος). Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines, a cross above. Border of dots.


ομνυ
μουντα
πρτοπρο
ερονσκε
ποισ

ὁμωνυμοῦντα πρωτοπρόεδρον σκέποις

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.1014
Diameter 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

Cf. Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden II, no. 1654b.

Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore.

Translation

ὁμωνυμοῦντα πρωτοπρόεδρον σκέποις.

May you protect the protoproedros who shares your name.

Bibliography

  • Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 2, Siegellegenden von Ny bis inklusive Sphragis (Open in Zotero)