Theodore metropolitan of Synada (eighth century)
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: ΤΩΔ|.ΟΣ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει το δούλο σου
Reverse
Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by decoration. Wreath border.
ΘΕΔ
ΡΜΗΤΡ
ΠΛΙΤΙΣΥ
ΝΑΔΟΝ
Θεοδώρῳ μητρωπωλίτι Συνάδον
Obverse
Cruciform invocative monogram (type V). In the quarters: ΤΩΔ|.ΟΣ. Wreath border.
Θεοτόκε βοήθει το δούλο σου
Reverse
Inscription of four lines preceded and followed by decoration. Wreath border.
ΘΕΔ
ΡΜΗΤΡ
ΠΛΙΤΙΣΥ
ΝΑΔΟΝ
Θεοδώρῳ μητρωπωλίτι Συνάδον
| Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4838 |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 29.0 mm; field: 21.0 mm |
| Previous Editions | DO Seals 3, no. 98.1. |
Translation
Θεοτόκε βοήθει το δούλο σου Θεοδώρῳ μητρωπωλίτι Συνάδον.
Theotokos, help your servant Theodore, metropolitan of Synada.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 3: West, Northwest, and Central Asia Minor and the Orient (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Phrygien und Pisidien (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Synada (modern Şuhut, at 26 km to the south of Afyon Karahisar) was Christianised in ancient times. Its bishops are attested from the third century, and it was a metropolis in a region where heresies were rampant. Although poor and situated in an unproductive region, the metropolis seems to have survived as late as the fourteenth century. See Laurent, Corpus V/3, 93; Phrygien und Pisidien, 393-95; ODB III, 1990.