The Church of Kyzikos (sixth/seventh century)
Obverse
Inscription of three lines. Wreath border.
ΑΓΙ
ΑΣΕΚ
ΚΛˁ
Ἁγίας ἐκκλησίας
Reverse
Inscription of three lines. Wreath border.
ΚΥ
ΖΙΚ
ΟΥ
Κυζίκου
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.5053 |
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Diameter | 24.0 mm; field: 19.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 53.11. |
Translation
Ἁγίας ἐκκλησίας Κυζίκου.
(Seal of) the holy church of Kyzikos.
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)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Kyzikos (modern Balkız) was originally a bishopric of the eparchia of Asia, but in the second half of the IVth century it became the metropolis of the Hellespont. It is listed in all the notitiae until the XVth century. In 688-689 Cypriots were brought to inhabit the peninsula together with their archbishop (cf. DOSeals 2.38). See Laurent, Corpus, V/1, 246-47; Zgusta, 310; Brandes, Städte, 115-18; ODB II, 1164-65.
In addition the seals of this see published by Laurent, see also the bulla of Leo of Kyzikos published in Zacos, Seals II, no. 552; cf. also SBS 3 [1993] 186.