Theodore Eirenikos (twelfth/thirteenth century)
Obverse
St Theodore Tiron ("the recruit") standing, holding a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left. On either side, an inscription. Left: Ο|Α|Γ|Ι|Ο|Σ. On the right: ΘΕ|ΔΡΟ|ΟΤΗ|Ρ|Ν : ὁ ἅγιος Θε[ό]δωρο[ς] ὁ τήρων. Line border.
Obverse
St Theodore Tiron ("the recruit") standing, holding a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left. On either side, an inscription. Left: Ο|Α|Γ|Ι|Ο|Σ. On the right: ΘΕ|ΔΡΟ|ΟΤΗ|Ρ|Ν : ὁ ἅγιος Θε[ό]δωρο[ς] ὁ τήρων. Line border.
Reverse
Inscription of six lines, a cross above and a decoration below. Line border.
ΓΙΕΘΕ
ΟΡΕΟΗ
ΘΕΙΜΟΙΤΣ
ΟΥΛΘΕΟ
ΡΤΕΙ
ΡΗΝΙΚ
Ἅγιε Θεόδωρε βοήθει μοι τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοδώρῳ τῷ Εἰρηνικῷ
Accession number | BZS 1955.1.3011 |
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Diameter | 35.0 mm; field: 32.0 mm |
Translation
Ἅγιε Θεόδωρε βοήθει μοι τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοδώρῳ τῷ Εἰρηνικῷ.
St. Theodore, give your aid to me, your servant Theodore Eirenikos.
Commentary
The owner of this seal may well have been the Patriarch Theodore Eirenikos who held the office in Nicaea during the Latin occupation of Constantinople; this seal will have been issued sometime before he assumed office in 1214.