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Philotheos metropolitan of Euchaita (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Theodore holding a martyr's cross before him in his right hand. Inscription in two columns: ο|θ|ε-.|δ|ρ|ο : Ὁ (ἅγιος) Θε[ό]δ(ω)ρο(ς). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.

..ιλ.
θεμ.τ.
οπολ,ευχ
αιτν


[Φ]ιλ[ο]θέῳ μ[η]τ[ρ]οπολ(ίτῃ) Εὐχαΐτων

Obverse

Bust of St. Theodore holding a martyr's cross before him in his right hand. Inscription in two columns: ο|θ|ε-.|δ|ρ|ο : Ὁ (ἅγιος) Θε[ό]δ(ω)ρο(ς). Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, a decoration below. Border of dots.

..ιλ.
θεμ.τ.
οπολ,ευχ
αιτν


[Φ]ιλ[ο]θέῳ μ[η]τ[ρ]οπολ(ίτῃ) Εὐχαΐτων

Accession number BZS.1951.31.5.2610
Diameter 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 16.6.

Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 766, a second specimen of the IFEB collection is also published. Another seal of a tenth-century metropolitan of Euchaita Philotheos, with bilateral inscription, is published in Seyrig, no. 248.

Translation

Φιλοθέῳ μητροπολίτῃ Εὐχαΐτων.

Philotheos, metropolitan of Euchaita.

Commentary

As Laurent pointed out, Philotheos of Euchaita distinguished himself as ambassador of the emperors Nikephoros Phokas and John Tzimiskes and seems to have received at the end (after issuing the present specimen) the title of synkellos (Dölger, Regesten nos. 695, 718, 739, 740).

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Regesten der Kaiserurkunden des Oströmischen Reiches von 565–1453 (Open in Zotero)
  • Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
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  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
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  • Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)