Basil metropolitan of Neokaisareia (tenth century)
Obverse
Faint outline of a bishop saint holding a book in his left hand. No visible epigraphy or border.
Obverse
Faint outline of a bishop saint holding a book in his left hand. No visible epigraphy or border.
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.
+Rασι
λειμη
τροπολι
τηνεοκαι
σαρειασ
Βασιλείῳ μητροπολίτῃ Νεοκαισαρείας
Accession number | BZS.1951.31.5.149 |
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Diameter | 23.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 4, no. 29.1; Laurent, Corpus V/1, no. 490. A similar seal is published in Zacos, Seals II, no. 794. |
Translation
Βασιλείῳ μητροπολίτῃ Νεοκαισαρείας.
Basil, metropolitan of Neokaisareia.
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)
- The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos (Open in Zotero)
- Die Städte Kleinasiens im 7. und 8. Jahrhundert (Open in Zotero)
- Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (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)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Laurent wished to identify the owner as the Basil of Neokaisareia mentioned in an early tenth-century letter. This identification is not out of the question.