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Michael proedros (= metropolitan) of Neokaisareia and grand sakellarios (ca. 1072)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of six lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.

– + –
σφραγ,
μιχαηλ
προεδρ
νεοκαι
σαρει
ασ

Σφραγ(ὶς) Μιχαὴλ προέδρου Νεοκαισαρείας

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, preceded and followed by decorations. The first three letters and the final four letters are flanked by eight-rayed stars. Border of dots.


και
μεγαλου
σακελλα
ριου

καὶ μεγάλου σακελλαρίου

Obverse

Inscription of six lines, a decoration above. Border of dots.

– + –
σφραγ,
μιχαηλ
προεδρ
νεοκαι
σαρει
ασ

Σφραγ(ὶς) Μιχαὴλ προέδρου Νεοκαισαρείας

Reverse

Inscription of four lines, preceded and followed by decorations. The first three letters and the final four letters are flanked by eight-rayed stars. Border of dots.


και
μεγαλου
σακελλα
ριου

καὶ μεγάλου σακελλαρίου

Accession number BZS.1958.106.5519
Diameter 28.0 mm; field: 22.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 29.5.

Laurent, Corpus II, no. 782; Dated Seals, no. 97.

Translation

Σφραγὶς Μιχαὴλ προέδρου Νεοκαισαρείας καὶ μεγάλου σακελλαρίου.

Seal of Michael, metropolitan of Neokaisareia and grand sakellarios.

Commentary

See the commentary to BZS 1958.106.2126.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
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  • The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos (Open in Zotero)
  • Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
  • Η Μικρά Ασία των θεμάτων. Ἐρευνες πάνω στην γεωγραφική φυσιογνωμία και προσωπογραφία των βυζαντινών θεμάτων της Μικράς Ασίας (Open in Zotero)
  • Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)