Thomas metropolitan of Mytilene (eleventh century)
Obverse
Indistinct traces of a bust. No inscription visible. Border of dots.
Reverse
Inscription of four lines, decorations above and below. Border of dots.
ΘΜΑ
Μ̅Ρ̅ΟΠ..
ΜΙΤΥ
Λ
Θωμᾷ μητροπολίτῃ Μιτυλήνης
Accession number | BZS.1955.1.4842 |
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Diameter | 21.0 mm |
Previous Editions | DO Seals 2, no. 51.11. |
Translation
Θωμᾷ μητροπολίτῃ Μιτυλήνης.
Thomas metropolitan of Mytilene.
Bibliography
- Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and at the Fogg Museum of Art, Vol. 2: South of the Balkans, the Islands, South of Asia Minor (Open in Zotero)
- Le Corpus des sceaux de l’empire byzantin (Open in Zotero)
- Les sceaux byzantins de la Collection Henri Seyrig (Open in Zotero)
- Byzantine Lead Seals, Vol. 1 (Open in Zotero)
- Alexiade: Règne de l’empereur Alexis I Comnène, 1081–1118 (Open in Zotero)
- Hierarchia Ecclesiastica Orientalis: Series episcoporum ecclesiarum christianarum orientalium (Open in Zotero)
- Les îles de l’empire byzantin: VIIIe-XIIe siècles (Open in Zotero)
Commentary
Laurent (Corpus V/1, no. 752) published (with photograph) a 10th century seal of another Thomas, metropolitan of Mytilene (cf. Seyrig, no. 260).