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Symeon bishop and synkellos (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Standing bearded saint, most likely St. John the Baptist, holding a long cross. No inscription visible. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Indeterminate border.

...ΡΑΓ..
..ΓΚΕΛΛ.
..ΜΕΝ
..ΙΣΚΟ
Π

[σφ]ραγ[ὶς συ]γκέλλου [Συ]μεὼν [ἐπ]ισκόπου

Obverse

Standing bearded saint, most likely St. John the Baptist, holding a long cross. No inscription visible. Indeterminate border.

Reverse

Inscription in five lines. Indeterminate border.

...ΡΑΓ..
..ΓΚΕΛΛ.
..ΜΕΝ
..ΙΣΚΟ
Π

[σφ]ραγ[ὶς συ]γκέλλου [Συ]μεὼν [ἐπ]ισκόπου

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.221
Diameter 25.0 mm
Previous Editions

Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 235.

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

Translation

σφραγὶς συγκέλλου Συμεὼν ἐπισκόπου.

Seal of Symeon, bishop and synkellos.

Commentary

The inscription consists of a dodecasyllabic verse.

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