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John bishop of Samos (sixth/seventh century)

 
 

Obverse

Inscription of three lines preceded by a crosslet. Wreath border.


ΙΝ
ΝΟΥΕ
ΛΧ

Ἰωάννου ἐλαχίστου

Reverse

Inscription of three lines preceded by a crosslet. Wreath border.


ΕΠΙΣ
ΚΣΜ
ΟΥ

ἐπισκόπου Σάμου

Obverse

Inscription of three lines preceded by a crosslet. Wreath border.


ΙΝ
ΝΟΥΕ
ΛΧ

Ἰωάννου ἐλαχίστου

Reverse

Inscription of three lines preceded by a crosslet. Wreath border.


ΕΠΙΣ
ΚΣΜ
ΟΥ

ἐπισκόπου Σάμου

Accession number BZS.1947.2.411
Diameter 27.0 mm; field: 19.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 2, no. 44.15,

Translation

Ἰωάννου ἐλαχίστου ἐπισκόπου Σάμου.

John the least bishop of Samos.

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)
  • Samos in frühchristlicher und byzantinischer Zeit (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
  • Βυζαντιακὰ μολυβδόβουλλα τοῦ ἐν ἈΘήναις Ἐθνικοῦ Νομισματικοῦ Μουσείου (Open in Zotero)
  • De Thematibus (Open in Zotero)
  • Monumenta Latrensia Hagiographica (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
  • Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (Open in Zotero)
  • Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
  • Les îles de l’empire byzantin: VIIIe-XIIe siècles (Open in Zotero)