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Leo bishop of Prainetos (eleventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of four lines preceded by an ornament. Border of dots.

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ΚΕ,Θ,
ΛΕΝΤ,
ΕΛΑΧΙΣ
ΤΟΝ

Κύριε βοήθει Λέωντα ἐλάχιστον

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

ΕΠΙΣ
ΚΟΠΟΝ
ΠΡΕΝΕ
ΤΟΥ

ἐπίσκοπον Πρενέτου

Obverse

Inscription of four lines preceded by an ornament. Border of dots.

+
ΚΕ,Θ,
ΛΕΝΤ,
ΕΛΑΧΙΣ
ΤΟΝ

Κύριε βοήθει Λέωντα ἐλάχιστον

Reverse

Inscription of four lines. Border of dots.

ΕΠΙΣ
ΚΟΠΟΝ
ΠΡΕΝΕ
ΤΟΥ

ἐπίσκοπον Πρενέτου

Accession number BZS.1958.106.5700
Diameter 24.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 3, no. 85.2.
Laurent, Corpus V/3, no. 1710.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Λέωντα ἐλάχιστον ἐπίσκοπον Πρενέτου.

Lord, help Leo, most humble bishop of Prainetos.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Syntagma tōn theiōn kai hierōn kanonōn tōn te hagiōn kai paneuphēmōn apostolōn (Open in Zotero)