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Leontios bishop of Sora (tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on three steps, with fleurons rising to the lower crossbar. No epigraphy. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines.

ΚΕΘ
..ΣΔΛ
..ΟΝΤΙΕ
ΠΙΣΚΟΠ
ΣΡ

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λεοντίῳ ἐπισκόπ Σορῶν

Obverse

Patriarchal cross on three steps, with fleurons rising to the lower crossbar. No epigraphy. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines.

ΚΕΘ
..ΣΔΛ
..ΟΝΤΙΕ
ΠΙΣΚΟΠ
ΣΡ

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λεοντίῳ ἐπισκόπ Σορῶν

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4658
Diameter 20.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 21.1.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Λεοντίῳ ἐπισκόπῳ Σορῶν.

Lord, help your servant Leontios, bishop of Sora.

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 4: The East (Open in Zotero)
  • Paphlagonien und Honorias (Open in Zotero)
  • Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
  • Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)