Basil bishop of Tios (tenth century)
Obverse
Patriarchal cross resting on a ball, with fleurons on either side (up to the first horizontal bar). Border of dots.
Obverse
Patriarchal cross resting on a ball, with fleurons on either side (up to the first horizontal bar). Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
κ̅εRθ
τσδ
Rασιλι
επισκοπ,
τιου
Κ(ύρι)ε β(οή)θ(ει) τῷ σῷ δού(λῳ) βασιλίῳ ἐπισκόπ(ῳ) Τίου
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5463 |
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Diameter | 20.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 10.4. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ βασιλίῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Τίου.
Lord, help your servant Basil, bishop of Tios.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
List of bishops in Fedalto, HEO I, 93, to which this Basil should be added.