Constantine metropolitan (seventh/eighth century)
Obverse
St Sophia standing, nimbate, holding a book in her left hand and a cross in her right hand. Vertical inscriptions on the left and right: .|.Ο|.Ι|.Β|Ο|Η|ΘΙ. Wreath border.
[Ἅγια Σ]ο[φ]ί[α] βοήθι
Obverse
St Sophia standing, nimbate, holding a book in her left hand and a cross in her right hand. Vertical inscriptions on the left and right: .|.Ο|.Ι|.Β|Ο|Η|ΘΙ. Wreath border.
[Ἅγια Σ]ο[φ]ί[α] βοήθι
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Wreath border.
κν
σταντι
νμητ
ροπολι
τη
Κωνσταντίνῳ μητροπολίτῃ
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.706 |
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Diameter | 23.0 mm |
Previous Editions | Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 931. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Ἅγια Σοφία βοήθι Κωνσταντίνῳ μητροπολίτῃ.
St. Sophia, help Constantine, metropolitan.
Bibliography
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)