Theophylaktos bishop of Adraneia (tenth/eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin orans with the medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: ̅-θ̅υ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
+κεR,θ,
.εοφιλα
κ,επισκο
ποαδρα
νιασ
Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) [Θ]εοφιλάκ(τῳ) ἐπισκόπο Ἀδρανίας
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin orans with the medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: ̅-θ̅υ : Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
+κεR,θ,
.εοφιλα
κ,επισκο
ποαδρα
νιασ
Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) [Θ]εοφιλάκ(τῳ) ἐπισκόπο Ἀδρανίας
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.134 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 22.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 41.2. A second, better preserved specimen from the same boulloterion is at the Numismatic Museum of Athens; published by Konstantopoulos, no. 179a, and Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 362. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει Θεοφιλάκτῳ ἐπισκόπο Ἀδρανίας.
Lord, help Theophylaktos, bishop of Adraneia.
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
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin, vol. 5, L’Église
- Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques
- Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. 2
- Βυζαντιακὰ μολυβδόβουλλα. Ἡ συλλογὴ Ἀναστασίου Κ. Π. Σταμούλη
Commentary
Adraneia was a see in the province of Hellespont, mentioned in notitiae from the ninth to twelfth century (Darrouzes, Notitiae, nos. 2, 7, 10, 13). Its bishops attended the councils of 787 and 879. Its precise location is uncertain but Darrouzès (Notitiae, 221, note 199) assumes that the see derived its name from ancient Hadrianeia in central Mysia, and so must be situated at Balat (modern Dursunbey; see L. Robert, Villes d'Asie Mineure, 372, 412). Se Laurent, Corpus V/1, 257; DHGE fasc. 131, col. 1434-1437 (D. Stiernon). To the names of known bishops should be added Constantine and John (Zacos, Seals II, nos. 800 and 821).