Theodore Tzantzes, synkellos and metropolitan of Herakleia (eleventh century)
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin with hands upraised before her. Sigla: ̅Θ̅Υ: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of seven lines, the final two letters between decorations. Border of dots.
ΘΚ̅Ε̅,Θ,
ΘΕΟΔ
ΡΣΥΓΚΕ
ΛΜ̅Ρ̅ΟΠΟ
Λ,Τ,ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙ
ΑΣΤΑΝ
Η
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Θεοδώρῳ συγκέλλῳ καὶ μητροπολίτῃ Ἡρακλείας τῷ Τζάντζῃ
Obverse
Bust of the Virgin with hands upraised before her. Sigla: ̅Θ̅Υ: Μήτηρ Θεοῦ. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of seven lines, the final two letters between decorations. Border of dots.
ΘΚ̅Ε̅,Θ,
ΘΕΟΔ
ΡΣΥΓΚΕ
ΛΜ̅Ρ̅ΟΠΟ
Λ,Τ,ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙ
ΑΣΤΑΝ
Η
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Θεοδώρῳ συγκέλλῳ καὶ μητροπολίτῃ Ἡρακλείας τῷ Τζάντζῃ
| Accession number | BZS.1958.106.436 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 29.0 mm; field: 25.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 53.8. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει Θεοδώρῳ συγκέλλῳ καὶ μητροπολίτῃ Ἡρακλείας τῷ Τζάντζῃ.
Theotokos, help Theodore Tzantzes, synkellos and metropolitan of Herakleia.
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
- Seals of the Byzantine Empire
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin, vol. 5, L’Église
- Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig
- La Thrace orientale et la Mer Noire: Géographie ecclésiastique et prosopographie (VIIIe-XIIe siècles)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae
Commentary
For prosopographical reasons, Laurent drew a brief, albeit irrelevant, sketch of the family's history (cf. also DO Seals 1, no. 43.14 = BZS 1958.106.4609) and placed the (otherwise unknown) metropolitan Theodore in the third quarter of the eleventh century; cf. Asdracha, Thrace orientale, 271.