N. metropolitan of Ankyra (seventh/eighth century)
Obverse
Cross in the center flanked by two profile busts, St. Peter on the left and St. Paul on the right; above each head is a cross. No inscriptions. Wreath border.
Obverse
Cross in the center flanked by two profile busts, St. Peter on the left and St. Paul on the right; above each head is a cross. No inscriptions. Wreath border.
Reverse
Inscription of at least five lines. Wreath border.
...θ.
.υπρονοια
.ητροπολ
.τηαγκυρ
ν
...ω Θ[εο]ῦ προνοίᾳ [μ]ητροπολ[ί]τῃ Ἀγκύρων
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4814 |
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Diameter | 33.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 2.4. Zacos-Veglery, no. 1271. |
Translation
...ω Θεοῦ προνοίᾳ μητροπολίτῃ Ἀγκύρων.
...o by the providence of God metropolitan of Ankyra.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Galatien und Lykaonien (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The finely detailed busts of the obverse suggest that this specimen was struck in the wake of the revival of quality representations on coins, initiated during the first reign of Justinian II (685-695).