Stephanos archbishop of Lemnos (tenth century)
Obverse
Cross potent on three steps; fleurons rising on either side up to the transversal bar. Along a border of dots, a circular inscription.
ΚΕΟΗΘΗΤΣΔΟΥΛ
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Obverse
Cross potent on three steps; fleurons rising on either side up to the transversal bar. Along a border of dots, a circular inscription.
ΚΕΟΗΘΗΤΣΔΟΥΛ
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
ΣΤΕΦ
ΑΝΟΣΕΛΕ
ΘΥ̅ΑΡΧ,ΕΠΙ
ΣΚΟΠ,ΛΗ
ΜΝΟΥ
Στέφανος ἐλέῳ Θεοῦ ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Λήμνου
Accession number | BZS.1958.106.5481 |
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Diameter | 27.0 mm; field: 21.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 50.3. |
Translation
Κύριε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Στέφανος ἐλέῳ Θεοῦ ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Λήμνου.
Lord, help your servant. Stephen, by the mercy of God, archbishop of Lemnos.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Euphémie de Chalcédoine (Open in Zotero)
- Notitiae Episcopatuum Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae (Open in Zotero)
- Les îles de l’empire byzantin: VIIIe-XIIe siècles (Open in Zotero)
- Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)