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Eudokimos archbishop of Amastris (ninth/tenth century)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of Christ blessing with his right hand and holding a book in his left hand. Sigla: Ι̅Σ-.. : Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς [Χ(ριστό)ς]. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

κ̅εR
ευδομικ
αρχιεπισ
..μαστρ
ηδοσ

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οήθει) Εὐδοκίμῳ ἀρχιεπισ[κ(όπῳ) Ἀ]μάστρηδος

Obverse

Bust of Christ blessing with his right hand and holding a book in his left hand. Sigla: Ι̅Σ-.. : Ἰ(ησοῦ)ς [Χ(ριστό)ς]. Border of dots.

Reverse

Inscription of five lines. Border of dots.

κ̅εR
ευδομικ
αρχιεπισ
..μαστρ
ηδοσ

Κ(ύρι)ε β(οήθει) Εὐδοκίμῳ ἀρχιεπισ[κ(όπῳ) Ἀ]μάστρηδος

Accession number BZS.1955.1.4698
Diameter 21.0 mm; field: 16.0 mm
Previous Editions

DO Seals 4, no. 12.3.

Translation

Κύριε βοήθει Εὐδοκίμῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Ἀμάστρηδος.

Lord, help Eudokimos, archbishop of Amastris.

Commentary

An archbishop of Amastris, Eudokimos, attended the Photian Synod in 879.

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