Theodore metropolitan of Apameia (eleventh/twelfth century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin orans, the medallion of Christ before her. On either side the sigla: -θ̅υ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, cross above. Border of dots.
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θεοδ
ρ,οπο
λιτ,απα
μιας
Θεοδώρ(ῳ) μ(ητ)ροπολίτ(ῃ) Ἀπαμίας
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin orans, the medallion of Christ before her. On either side the sigla: -θ̅υ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, cross above. Border of dots.
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θεοδ
ρ,οπο
λιτ,απα
μιας
Θεοδώρ(ῳ) μ(ητ)ροπολίτ(ῃ) Ἀπαμίας
| Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.804 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 18.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 43.3; and Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 799. |
Translation
Θεοδώρῳ μητροπολίτῃ Ἀπαμίας.
Theodore, metropolitan of Apameia.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Apameia (close to modern Moudania) is located northwest of Broussa. It was a bishopric before 381, archbishopric before the mid-seventh century, metropolis between 1066 and 1071, and mentioned for the last time in 1318 (Darrouzès, Notitiae, 123, 126; Laurent, Corpus V/1, 616). It must be distinguished from the bishopric of Apameia of Pisidia.