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Nicholas monk and metropolitan of Herakleia (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas blessing, holding a book in his left hand. Inscription in two columns: |Ν|Ι|Λ|ΑΟ|Σ: Ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines preceded by an ornament, the final letter between bars. Border of dots.

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ΝΙΚΟ
ΛΑ,ᾹΧ̄ΜΗ
ΤΡΟΠΟΛ
Η.ΑΚΛΙ
Α,

Νικόλαος μοναχός, μητροπολίτηςρακλίας

Obverse

Bust of St. Nicholas blessing, holding a book in his left hand. Inscription in two columns: |Ν|Ι|Λ|ΑΟ|Σ: Ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines preceded by an ornament, the final letter between bars. Border of dots.

.
ΝΙΚΟ
ΛΑ,ᾹΧ̄ΜΗ
ΤΡΟΠΟΛ
Η.ΑΚΛΙ
Α,

Νικόλαος μοναχός, μητροπολίτηςρακλίας

Accession number BZS.1958.106.264
Diameter 22.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 53.7.
Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 305.

Translation

Νικόλαος μοναχός, μητροπολίτης Ἡρακλίας.

Nicholas monk, and metropolitan of Herakleia.

Commentary

Cf. Asdracha, Thrace orientale, 271.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • La Thrace Orientale et La Mer Noire: Géographie Ecclésiastique et Prosopographie (VIIIe-XIIe Siècles) (Open in Zotero)
  • Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)