Sergios metropolitan of Corinth (eleventh/twelfth century)
Obverse
Saint Theodore standing, holding a spear and a shield resting on the ground. Vertical Inscription: |Θ|Ε|Ω| Δ|ΟΡ|Ο|: Ὅ ἅγιος Θεώδορος. Border of dots.
Obverse
Saint Theodore standing, holding a spear and a shield resting on the ground. Vertical Inscription: |Θ|Ε|Ω| Δ|ΟΡ|Ο|: Ὅ ἅγιος Θεώδορος. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΘΥΤ
ΚΟΡΙΝΘ
..ΡΓΙΟΝ
Μ.ΡΤΥΣ
ΣΚΕΠ,
Θύτην Κορίνθου Σέργιον, μάρτυς, σκέποις
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.1950 |
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Diameter | 20.0 mm; field: 18.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 25.4b; Laurent, Corpus V/3, no. 1748. See also Wassiliou-Seibt, Siegel mit metrischen Legenden I, no. 952. |
Translation
Θύτην Κορίνθου Σέργιον, μάρτυς, σκέποις.
Martyr, may you protect Sergios, metropolitan of Corinth.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Sigillographie de l’Empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Corinth, Vol. 12, The Minor Objects (Open in Zotero)
- Sur la route des saints byzantins (Open in Zotero)
- Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
- Corpus der byzantinischen Siegel mit metrischen Legenden, Vol. 1, Siegellegenden von Alpha bis inclusive My (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
See the commentary to the parallel specimen, BZS 1947.2.475.