The archbishop of Thessalonica (eighth/ninth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type XIII). No epigraphy in the quarters. Indeterminate border.
Ἁγία Τριὰς βοήθει
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type XIII). No epigraphy in the quarters. Indeterminate border.
Ἁγία Τριὰς βοήθει
Reverse
Inscription of five lines. Indeterminate border.
ΑΡΧΙΕ
ΠΙΣΚΟΠ
ΟΥΘΕΣΣΑ
ΛΟΝΙΚ
ΗΣ
ἀρχιεπισκόπου Θεσσαλονίκης
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4715 |
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Diameter | 35.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 1, no. 18.90. |
Translation
Ἁγία Τριὰς βοήθει ἀρχιεπισκόπου Θεσσαλονίκης.
Holy Trinity, help the archbishop of Thessalonica.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 1: Italy, North of the Balkans, North of the Black Sea (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 2 (Open in Zotero)
- Silk Trade and Production in Byzantium from the Sixth to the Ninth Century: The Seals of Kommerkiarioi (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Bleisiegel in Berlin (West) (Open in Zotero)
- Le kommerkion d’Abydos, Thessalonique et le commerce bulgare du 9e siècle (Open in Zotero)
- Recherches sur les douanes à Byzance: L’octava, le "kommerkion" et les commerciares (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantinische Rang- und Ämterstruktur im 8. und 9. Jahrhundert: Faktoren und Tendenzen ihrer Entwicklung (Open in Zotero)
- Les plus anciens recueils des miracles de Saint Démétrius et la pénétration des Slaves dans les Balkans (Open in Zotero)
- L’éparque de Thessalonique: les origines d'une institution administrative (VIIIe-IXe siècles) (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
The name of this archbishop could have been spelled out in the four quarters, but unfortunately no letters remain.