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Paul bishop of Panion (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin, holding medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: .ΘΥ̅: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, decoration below. Border of dots.

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Παύλῳ ἐλαχίστῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Πανίου

Obverse

Bust of the Virgin, holding medallion of Christ before her. Sigla: .ΘΥ̅: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, decoration below. Border of dots.

ΠΑΥ
ΕΛΑΧΙΣ
ΕΠΙΣΚΟ
ΠΑΝΙ
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Παύλῳ ἐλαχίστῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Πανίου

Accession number BZS.1958.106.273
Diameter 18.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 1, no. 57.3.
Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 316.

Translation

Παύλῳ ἐλαχίστῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Πανίου.

Paul, most humble bishop of Panion.

Commentary

Cf. Asdracha, Thrace orientale, 293. Prosodic inscription?

The diocese, modern Panados, was located along the coastline of the Sea of Marmara in the vicinity of Raidestos. It was a suffragan bishopric of Herakleia. Cf. Laurent, Corpus V/1, 222 and Asdracha Thrace orientale, 248-49, 293-94.

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 région des Rhodopes aux XIIIe et XIVe siècles: étude de géographie historique (Open in Zotero)