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Metropolitan of the Holy Church of Tyana (seventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.

+του
μητρο
πολι
τοΥ

Τοῦ μητροπολίτου

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.

τησ
γεκ
κλτυ
σ

τῆς ἁγίας ἐκκλησίας Τυάνης

Obverse

Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.

+του
μητρο
πολι
τοΥ

Τοῦ μητροπολίτου

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Wreath border.

τησ
γεκ
κλτυ
σ

τῆς ἁγίας ἐκκλησίας Τυάνης

Accession number BZS.1958.106.462
Diameter 26.0 mm; field: 19.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 47.1b.

Translation

Τοῦ μητροπολίτου τῆς ἁγίας ἐκκλησίας Τυάνης.

(Seal of) the metropolitan of the Holy Church of Tyana.

Commentary

This seal and BZS.1958.106.461 come from the same boulloterion. BZS.1958.106.463 comes from a different boulloterion than these two, but it has the same inscription and dates from the same time period.

Bibliography

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  • Kleinasiatische Ortsnamen (Open in Zotero)
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  • Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (Open in Zotero)
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