Michael archbishop of Kios (eleventh century)
Obverse
An angel standing, no doubt St. Michael, holding a globus in his left hand. No inscription visible. Border of dots.
Obverse
An angel standing, no doubt St. Michael, holding a globus in his left hand. No inscription visible. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines. No border visible.
μιχα.
λαρχι.
ισκοπ.
κιο.
Μιχα[ὴ]λ ἀρχι[επ]ισκόπ[ου] Κίο[υ]
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4708 |
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Diameter | 18.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 50.4.
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Translation
Μιχαὴλ ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κίου.
(Seal of) Michael, archbishop of Kios.
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)
- Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Kios (modern Gemlik) is located in a gulf on the sea of Marmara; it was a place of concentration of agricultural produce. It is attested as a see as early as the Council of Nicaea (325) and is listed as an archbishopric in all notitiae until the fourteenth century. See Laurent, Corpus V/1, 648; Zgusta, 266-67.