Basil metropolitan of Pompeioupolis (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas blessing with his right hand. Inscription in two columns: |Ν|ΙΚ|.|. : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικ[όλ(αος)]. Border of dots.
Obverse
Bust of St. Nicholas blessing with his right hand. Inscription in two columns: |Ν|ΙΚ|.|. : ὁ ἅ(γιος) Νικ[όλ(αος)]. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines. Border of dots.
Rασιλ
..αχιστ
.ροπο
..ομπη
..πολε
,
Bασίλ(ειος) [ἐλ]άχιστ(ος) [μ(ητ)]ροπολ(ίτης) Π]ομπη[ιου]πόλεω(ς)
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.966 |
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Diameter | 21.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 20.3. See also Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 780. |
Credit Line | Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore. |
Translation
Bασίλειος ἐλάχιστος μητροπολίτης Πομπηιουπόλεως.
Basil, most humble metropolitan of Pompeioupolis.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Les regestes des actes du patriarcat de Constantinople, Vol. 1, Les regestes de 381 à 715 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
This specimen and BZS.1955.1.4804, although from different boulloteria, appear to have been struck by the same man. See the commentary to that entry.