Accession number | BZS.1958.106.329 |
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Diameter | 19 mm |
Field diameter | 12 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 51.1. |
Obverse
Bust of St. Panteleïmon with right hand in front of chest, left hand holding a book or a small box. Vertical inscriptions: |Π|ΑΝΤ|ΕΛ,|Η: Ὁ ἅγιος Παντελεήμων. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of three lines preceded and followed by ornaments. Border of dots.
ΤΠΡΟ
ΤΟΥΤΟΥ
ΓΑΝΟΥ
·
Τοῦ πρότου τοῦ Γάνου
Translation
Τοῦ πρότου τοῦ Γάνου.
(Seal) of the protos of (Mount) Ganos.
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.329 |
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Diameter | 19 mm |
Field diameter | 12 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 51.1. |
Commentary
Monastic center situated north of the Propontis and attested from the tenth to the fourteenth century. See Laurent, Corpus V/2, 152. It was composed of several monasteries and, like Mount Athos, was administrated by an (elected?) protos, attested as early as the eleventh century.